Syncopation and feeling duple meter in 6/8 time
with a pentatonic scale.
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- Grade: Fifth
- Origin: USA - Traditional Spiritual
- Key: F Major
- Time: 6/8
- Form: AB - verse/refrain
- Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ta ti | ta ti ta ti |
syncopation, | ta ti ti ti ti | ta/ (ta) ti | syncopation,
| ta/ ta/ | ti ta (ta) ti | syncopation, | ta/ ti (ti) ti |
syncopation, | ta/a ti |
- Pitches: intermediate: So Do Re Mi So La - pentatonic scale
- Intervals: intermediate: So/Do (P4), Mi\So (M6), Mi/So (m3), So\Mi (m3)
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rests: quarter, eighth; pickup beat, melodic rhythm patterns, tied notes, rhythmic changes to match verse syllables, verse/refrain; 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti's), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
- Key Words: USA history, spiritual, scared, Bible story: "Noah and the Ark"; world geography: Jordan, Jordan River; animals: crocodile, kangaroo, giraffe, flea, hippopotamus, honey bee, monkey, bear, elephant; caraway bun, dancing, hive, stuck, build, tricks, marched, sing, numbers one through ten; contractions: there's (there is), we'll (we will); abbreviations: hick'ry (hickory),
shovin' (shoving)
- Recorder: intermediate: syncopation in 6/8 time: eighth note receives one beat, divisions of a dotted quarter note: three eights (3 ti's), feeling duple meter (2) in 6/8: where three eights would be a triplet if the beat is represented by a dotted quarter
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"One More River"
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Old Noah, he built himself an ark;
There's one more river to cross.
He built it out of hick'ry bark;
There's one more river to cross. |
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There's one more river,
And that wide river is Jordan,
There's one more river,
There's one more river to cross.
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The animals went in one by one,
There's one more river to cross.
The elephant chewing a caraway bun.
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in two by two,
There's one more river to cross.
The crocodile and the kangaroo.
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in three by three,
There's one more river to cross.
The giraffe and a dancing and flea.
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in four by four,
There's one more river to cross.
The hippos, they got stuck at the door.
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in five by five,
There's one more river to cross.
The honey bees to build their hive.
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in six by six,
There's one more river to cross.
The monkey, he was up to his tricks.
There's one more river to cross. |
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8. |
The animals went in seven by seven,
There's one more river to cross.
Said the bear to the elephant "Who are you shovin'?"
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in eight by eight,
There's one more river to cross.
Some were early and some were late.
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in nine by nine,
There's one more river to cross.
They all joined up and marched in a line.
There's one more river to cross. |
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The animals went in ten by ten,
There's one more river to cross.
If you want more then we'll sing it again.
There's one more river to cross. |
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Back to top. |
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