• 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/ ti | 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 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, call and response
• 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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