Introducing the dotted quarter/sixteenth rhythm and syncopation with the eighth/dotted quarter.
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- Grade: First
- Origin: Traditional African Song - round/canon
- Key: D Major
- Time: 3/4
- Form: ABAC
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti/ ri ta ti ti | ta/a ta |
| ta ta/ ti ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La (adding the 4th (Fa) to the pentatonic scale)
- Intervals: beginners: Do/Mi, Mi/So, So\Do, Mi\Do (mastering tonic intervals)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, syncopation, singing in parts, round/canon
- Key Words: "Kum Ba Yah" means "Come By Hear," sacred, Lord, singing, civil rights song, non-violent protest song
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"Kum Ba Yah"
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Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah!
Kum ba yah, my lord, Kum ba yah.
O, Lord, Kum ba yah! |
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Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
Someone's singing, Lord, Kum ba yah!
O, Lord, Kum ba yah! |
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