Advanced syncopation, limited range, two intervals, and exploring variations in phrases between the verse and refrain.
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- Grade: Fourth
- Origin: USA - African American Work Song
- Key: C Major
- Time: 4/4
- Form: AB - verse/refrain
- Rhythm: advanced: | ta ta ta ta | ta ta ta/a |
| (ta) ta ta ta | ti ta ta/ (ti) ti | syncopation,
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ti ta ta/a/ | syncopation, | ta/ ta/ ta | syncopation
| ta/ ta/a/ | syncopation, | (ta) ta ta ta | syncopation
- Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
- Intervals: intermediate: So\Mi (m3), Mi/La (P4)
- Musical Elements: notes: half, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, tied notes, two double barlines, call/response, verse/refrain, syncopation on the second half of the first, second, and fourth beats (& of 1, & of 2, & of 4), repeated syncopated entrances on the second beat, and syncopated rhythmic divisions of half beats into groups of 3-3-2
NOTE: refrain is composed of the calls and responses:
measures 10-11 are syncopated variations of measures 2-3,
measures 12-13 changes one pitch from measures 4-5,
measures 14-17 mirror measures 6-9 omitting one beat/pitch
- Key Words: USA history, African American history, Georgia Sea Islands, slave ships, slave trade, thought, captain, sailing day, boat, dock bar, boat dock, knocked, end of a spar (thick, strong pole), pay, money down
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"Pay Me My Money Down"
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Call |
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I thought I heard the captain say, |
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Responce |
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"Pay me my money down," |
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Call |
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Tomorrow is our sailing day, |
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Responce |
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"Pay me my money down," |
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Refrain: |
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"Pay me, oh, pay me,
Pay me my money down,
Pay me or go to jail,
Pay me my money down,"
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Call |
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As soon as the boat was clear of the bar, |
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Responce |
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"Pay me my money down," |
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Call |
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He knocked me down with the end of a spar. |
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Responce |
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"Pay me my money down," |
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Refrain: |
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"Pay me, oh, pay me,
Pay me my money down,
Pay me or go to jail,
Pay me my money down," |
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