Syncopation with a triplet, repeating melodic rhythms,
and intervals for beginners.
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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - Civil Rights Song
- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: through composed
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ta ta ta ta | ta/ ti ta/a | syncopation, | ta/a ta/a | ta/a ti-ti-ti | triplet syncopation, |
ta/a ta ta | ta/a/a/a | ta (ta) (ta/a) |
- Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do Re
- Intervals: beginners: Mi/So (m3), Re\Ti (m3), So\Do (P5), Do/Fa (P4)
- Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: half, quarter; triplet, repeating melodic rhythms
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, USA holiday: Martin Luther King's Birthday, civil rights movement, protest song, freedom song, civil rights marching song, USA geography; Selma, Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia; overcome, shall, today, deep, heart, believe, hand in hand, not afraid
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"We Shall Overcome"
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We shall overcome,
We shall overcome,
We shall overcome some day;
Oh, deep in my heart I do believe,
We shall overcome some day.
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We'll walk hand in hand,
We'll walk hand in hand,
We'll walk hand in hand some day.
Oh, deep in my heart I do believe,
We'll walk hand in hand some day.
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We are not afraid,
We are not afraid,
We are not afraid today.
Oh, deep in my heart I do believe,
We are not afraid today.
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