Advanced syncopation, in 2/2 time (cut time), carried across the barline, triplets, and proper grammatical use of pronouns.
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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - African American Spiritual
- Key: G Major
- Time: 2/2 - advanced: cut time
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a/_|_a ti ti ti |
| ti ta/a_|_a ti ti/ ri | syncopation,
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ti-ti-ti ta/_|_a ti ti ti | triplet syncopation,
| ta/ ti | ti ta ti | syncopation - (_=tied note)
- Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La - pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, Do\La/Do, Mi/So8, So8\Mi Do\So
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; cut time, pickup beat, triplet, tied notes, vocal slur, phrases beginning on the second half of the first beat (and of 1) and the second beat
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, spiritual, sacred, Jesus, Bible Story, Jesus, walked, lonesome, valley, walk; pronouns: He, Him, Himself, you, yourself, yourselves, we, us, ourselves - note the capitalization when referencing Jesus
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"Lonesome Valley"
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Jesus walked this lonesome valley,
He had to walk it by Himself,
Oh, nobody else could walk it for Him.
He had to walk it for Himself.
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We must walk this lonesome valley,
We have to walk it by ourselves,
Oh, nobody else can walk it for us.
We have to walk it for ourselves
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You must go and stand your trial,
You have to stand it by yourselves,
Oh, nobody else can stand it for you.
You have to stand it for yourself.
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