• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: AB – verse/refrain
• Rhythm: beginners: | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/a | ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta (ti) ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation, | (ti) ta ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/a (ta/a) | ta ta ta ta | ti ti ti ti ta (ta) |
• Pitches: intermediate: so la te ti do di re mi fa – raised/sharp tonic (F#, di) lowered leading tone (Eb, te – blue note)
• Intervals: intermediate: so/mi (M6), re\di/re (m2), re\so/re (P5), ti\te\la (chromatic m2’s), do\la (m3), la/do (m3), mi\do/mi (M3)
• Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rests: half, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, verse/refrain. syncopation, raised/sharp tonic (F#, di), lowered/flat leading tone (Eb, te – blue note), repeated melodic rhythm patterns
• Key Words: USA history: secular union movement, labor rights; African American Spiritual: tune “I Shall Not Be Moved“, African American history: sacred, Civil Rights Movement; union, freedom, fighting, building, black and white together, young and old, heavy burden, God’s marching, church of God, deceive
• Recorder: advanced: playing in F Major, introducing B flat, F sharp, and E flat, syncopation, blue note, repeated melodic rhythm patterns

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