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Advanced syncopation in a minor tonality, where the
tonal center is the 6th (La) of the major scale.
Description
- Grade: Second
- Origin: USA – Civil Rights Song – from the African American Spiritual
- Key: E minor – pitched in G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AB
- Rhythm: advanced: | ri ti/ ri | ta ta ta ta |
| ta ti ta/ (ta) | syncopation,
| ta ti ta/ ri ti/ ri | syncopation | ti ta ti ti ta (ti) |
| ti/ ri ti ta/ ri ti/ ri | - Pitches: beginners: So La Do Re Mi
- Intervals: beginners: Mi\Do, Do\La, La/Do, Do/Mi
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, dotted eighth, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, syncopation, minor tonality
- Key Words: civil rights, African American History Month, protest song, nobody, injustice, segregation, oppression, jail cell, violence; hyphenated words: a-walkin’ (a walking), a-talkin’ (a talking); abbreviations: ’round (around), walkin’ (walking), talkin’ (talking); contractions: ain’t (are not), gonna (going to)
1. | Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ’round, turn me ’round, turn me ’round. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ’round, Keep on a-walkin’, Keep on a-talkin’, Walkin’ all over this a land. |
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Ain’t gonna let injustice turn me ’round, turn me ’round, turn me ’round. Ain’t gonna let injustice turn me ’round, Keep on a-walkin’, Keep on a-talkin’, Walkin’ all over this a land. |
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3. | Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me ’round, turn me ’round, turn me ’round. Ain’t gonna let segregation turn me ’round, Keep on a-walkin’, Keep on a-talkin’, Walkin’ all over this a land. |
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4. | Ain’t gonna let oppression turn me ’round, turn me ’round, turn me ’round. Ain’t gonna let oppression turn me ’round, Keep on a-walkin’, Keep on a-talkin’, Walkin’ all over this a land. |
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5. | Ain’t gonna let your jail cells turn me ’round, turn me ’round, turn me ’round. Ain’t gonna let your jail cells turn me ’round, Keep on a-walkin’, Keep on a-talkin’, Walkin’ all over this a land. |
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6. | Ain’t gonna let your violence turn me ’round, turn me ’round, turn me ’round. Ain’t gonna let your violence turn me ’round, Keep on a-walkin’, Keep on a-talkin’, Walkin’ all over this a land. |
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7. | Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ’round, turn me ’round, turn me ’round. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ’round, Keep on a-walkin’, Keep on a-talkin’, Walkin’ all over this a land. |
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