• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: G Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
• Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti ti ta/| syncopation, | ta/a (ta/a) | ta/a ti ta/ | syncopation, | ta/a ta/a | ta/a/a ta | ti ta ti ti ti ti ta_|_/ ta ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation (_=tie), | ta ta ta ta | ta ti ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation, | ti ti ti ta/ (ti) ti| syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti ti ta_|_/ ta ta/ (ti) ti| syncopation, | ti ti ta ti ti ta | ti ta ta/ (ti) ti| syncopation, | ta ta ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta ti ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta ta ti ti ta |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la ti do re ri mi so – raised/sharp supertonic (2, ri)
• Intervals: intermediate: la/do (m3), do/mi (M3), do\la (m3), do/so8\do (P5), do/ri (A2, augmented second), ti\so (M3), re/ri/mi (chromatic m2’s)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: half, eighth; accidentals: sharp, natural; syncopation, tied notes, augmented second do/ri A2, chromatic movement (m2’s), D.C. al Fine, Fine, melodic rhythm patterns, refrain/verse/refrain
• Key Words: USA history, African American history, day of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; sacred, he (God), gift of grace, peace, faith, pray, gift divine; contractions: gonna (going to), I’m (I am)
• Recorder: advanced: advanced syncopation, playing in G Major, introducing A#, augmented second (A2)

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