Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Advanced syncopation, extended pentatonic scale,
and a descending tonic arpeggio with a sixth (I6, Eb6).
Description
- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
- Key: E Flat Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABA – refrain/verse/refrain
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta ta/ ta ti | syncopation,
| ti ti ta/ ta ti | syncopation, | ta/a (ti) ti ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ta ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/a (ti) ta ti | syncopation - Pitches: intermediate: So La Do Re Mi So La Do – extended pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: Do8\La8/Do8 (m3),
Do8\La8\So8\Mi\Do descending tonic arpeggio w/sixth (I6, Eb6), La/Do (m3), Do/Mi (M3), Mi\So(M6), Do/So (P5), So\Mi (m3) - Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; syncopated pickup beat, tied notes, syncopation, tonic arpeggio w/sixth, pentatonic scale, refrain/verse/refrain; tempo: moderately
- Key Words: USA history, African American History, sacred, spirit, heart, pray, mountain, spoke, bible story, mouth, fire, smoke, Lord, sorrows, woe, heartache, God, leads, fear, sheltered, care; contraction: I’ll (I will); abbreviation: ev’ry (every), movin’ (moving); note: capitalization of the possessive pronoun: His
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Ev’ry time I fell the spirit Movin’ in my heart, I will pray. Ev’ry time I fell the spirit Movin’ in my heart, I will pray. |
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1. | Upon the mountain, when my Lord spoke Out of his mouth came fire and smoke; Looked all around me, It looked so fine, I asked the Lord if all were mine. |
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Oh, I have sorrows, and I have woe, And I have heartache here below; But while God leads me, I’ll never fear, For I am sheltered by His care. |
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