- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: G Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: phrases: AAABCC song: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
- Rhythm: advanced: | ti ta/ ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta ti ta ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ta ta (ti) (ta) | syncopation | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ta/a/ | syncopation, |ti ta ta ti ti ti| syncopation
- Pitches: beginners: so la do re mi
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), do/mi (13 times), mi\do (9 times), re\so (P5)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beats (begins on the second half of the third beat – & of 3), D. C al Fine, Fine, call/response, refrain/verse/refrain, syncopation on the second half of each beat, tied notes within measures, two double barlines
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, African American history month, sacred, spiritual, visiting heaven, going to heaven, Lord, heaven, yonder (down the way), dressed in: red, white, blue, black, Moses, Israelite, hypocrites, bible stories; contractions: won’t (will not), can’t (cannot), who’s (who is); abbreviations: comin’ (coming), turnin’ (turning)
- Keyboard: intermediate: a five finger exercise for the right, left, and two hands together
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