• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA – African American Spiritual
• Key: B Flat Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: rhythm: AAaB CCcB – pitches: ABAC DED C – song: AB, verse/refrain
• Rhythm: advanced: | ti ti ri ti ti ti ti ti ti | ti ta ti ta (ta) | syncopation, | ti ta ti ta ti ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti ta ti ti ta ti | syncopation, | ti/ ri ti ti ta (ta) | ti/ ri ti ti ta ti ti |
• Pitches: beginners: so la ti do re mi
• Intervals: beginners: la/do (m3), do\la (m3), mi\do/mi (M3)
• Musical Elements: notes: Dotted half, dotted quarter, quarter, dotted eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; repeated melodic rhythm patterns, pausing on the supertonic (re), syncopation, verse/refrain; note: repeated pitch and rhythm patterns encourage dynamic changes; challenge students to adjust dynamics, including crescendos, decrescendos, discovering which dynamics best match each musical phrase
• Key Words: USA history, African American history, sacred, spiritual, southern spiritual, Lord, beyond the blue, remember, glory land, outshines, sun, African American History Month (February)
• Recorder: advanced: all levels of syncopation, discovering dynamics which best match the repeated pitch and rhythm patterns/phrases

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