Kum Ba Yah -

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

**“Kum Ba Yah”**

		1.	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!

		2.	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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