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Minor tonality pitch in the relative major, intermediate
syncopation and a raised dominant (Si) functioning
as a leading tone to the parallel D Major.
Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: D minor (pitched in F Major)
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta/a/ ta ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ta/a/ | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ta |
| ta ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta |
| ta ta ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ti ti ta/ | syncopation - Pitches: intermediate: Si La Do Re Mi So La – pentatonic scale with a raised dominant Si (functions as a leading tone to the parallel D Major)
- Intervals: intermediate: La/Do\La (m3), La/Mi (P5), Mi/So\Mi (m3), Mi/La (P4), La\Si/La (m2), Mi\Do (M3)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth;rest: eighth; syncopation, raised/sharp dominant (Si), tied notes, tied rhythms, vocal slurs, D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines, refrain/verse/refrain, minor tonality
- Key Words: USA history, African American history; world history: Israelites; sacred, spiritual, Bible stories, God, Moses
- Recorder: advanced: introducing G#, high F, G, and A, syncopation
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| Wade in the water. Wade in the water, children; Wade in the water. God’s goin’ to trouble the water. |
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| 1. | See that band all dressed in white, God’s gonna trouble the water. The leader looks like the Israelite, God’s gonna trouble the water. |
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See the band all dressed in red, God’s gonna trouble the water. It looks like the band that Moses led, God’s gonna trouble the water. |
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