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"Moving On"
       
     
"Moving On"
 


"Moving On," Lyrics, Text Format



Partner Songs: "When the Saints Go Marching In"
over "This Train", with advanced syncopation
.

Click to hear melody.
 


Description
 
  • Grade: Fifth

  • Origin: USA - African American Spirituals

  • Key: G Major

  • Time: 4/4

  • Form: top: ABCb - bottom: ABCA

  • Rhythm: advanced: Top: | ta/a/ ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ta ti ti | syncopation,
    | ti ta/a/ ti ti | syncopation;
    Bottom: | ti ta ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
    | ti ta/a/ (ta) | syncopation, | ti ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti | syncopation

  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi Fa So La

  • Intervals: intermediate: Top: Do/Mi (M3), So8\Do (P5), So8\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio (I, G), Do/Mi/So8 ascending tonic arpeggio (I,G);
    Bottom
    : Mi\Do\La descending arpeggio (vi, Em), So/Do (P4), So8\Mi/So8 (m3), Do\La (m3)

  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beats, tied notes, two part song: partner songs, syncopation, tonic arpeggios, submediant arpeggio

  • Key Words: USA history, African American history, African American Spiritual, sacred, saints, marching, train, bound, glory, underground railroad

  • Recorder: advanced: playing two parts: partner songs, cooperative learning

 
 

"Moving On"


    Melody  
 
1.
Oh, when the saints go marching in,
Oh, when the saints go marching in,
Oh, Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.
 
    Counter Melody  
 
2.
This train is bound for glory this train,
This train is bound for glory this train,
This train is bound for glory this train,
If you ride it you must be holy,
This train is bound for glory this train.
 
       
   

Combination of two songs:

  1. "When the Saints Go Marching In"

  2. "This Train"


 
       

 

Additional Formats


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"Moving On," Music Format
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rhythm

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pitch numbers

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solfeggio

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