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"Zum Gali Gali"
       
     
"Zum Gali Gali"
 


"Zum Gali Gali," Lyrics, Text Format



"Zum Gali Gali," Lyrics, Text Format



Intermediate syncopation in a minor tonality which sounds festive when performed to a fast tempo.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Fifth

  • Origin: Israel - Work Song

  • Key: E minor (pitched in G Major)

  • Time: 2/4

  • Form: ABA - refrain/verse/refrain

  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ri ti ri ti ri | syncopation, | ti ti ri ti ti | syncopation, | (ti) ti ri ti ti | syncopation, | ti ti ri ta_|_a ti ri ti ti | syncopation, (_=tie)

  • Pitches: beginners: Mi La Ti Do Re Mi

  • Intervals: beginners: La\Mi/La (P4), La/Do (m3), Mi\Do (M3)

  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: eighth; syncopation, minor tonality: E minor, vocal slur, tied syncopation, tied notes, refrain/verse/refrain, D.C. al Fine, Fine, two double barlines

  • Key Words: world geography: Israel; work song, pioneers, men, women, hand in hand, dawn, task; contraction: there's (there is)

  • Recorder: intermediate: practicing pitches in the higher register, syncopation, minor tonality

 
 


"Zum Gali Gali"

       
    Refrain:  
 
Zum gali, gali, zum gali, gali,
Zum gali, gali, zum gali, gali.
 
  1. Pioneers work hard on the land,
Men and women work hand in hand
As they labor all day long,
They lift their voices in song.
 
    Refrain  
 
2.
From the dawn till setting sun
Every one finds work to be done.
From the dawn till night does come
There's a task for everyone.
 
    Refrain  
       
 
Hebrew
 
    He-chalutz le'maan avodah,
Avodah le'maan he-chalutz.
He-chalutz le'maan avodah,
Avodah le'maan he-chalutz.
 
 
Translation:
 
    The pioneer for the sake of the work, The work for the sake of the pioneer.  
       

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