• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: USA - African American Spiritual
• Key: F Major
• Time: 4/4
• Form: ABA - chorus/verse/chorus
• Rhythm: advanced: | ta/a/a ti ti | ta ta/a ta | ta ta (ti) ta ti | ta ta/a ti ti | ta/ ti ta ta | syncopation, | ta/ ti ti ta/ | ta ta ta ta | ta/a/a/a | ti ti ti ti ta ta | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation
• Pitches: beginners: Do Re Mi Fa So La
• Intervals: intermediate: Mi\Do (M3), Do/So (P5), So\Mi (m3), Mi/So (m3), So\Re (P4), Re/La (P5), Fa\Re (m3), Do/Fa (P4), Do/Mi/So/La ascending tonic arpeggio w/sixth (I6, F6)
• Musical Elements: notes: whole, dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: eighth; pickup beat, repeat signs, D.S. al Fine, Fine, vocal slur, two double barlines, dynamics:  mezzo piano/medium soft, mezzo forte/medium loud, multiple endings, ending a phrase on the supertonic (2, Re), tonic arpeggio with sixth (I6)
• Key Words: USA history, African American history, sacred, Lord, Jesus, Christians, trumpet sound, wake, nations, underground, glory, shining, shout, stars; contraction: you'll (you will), there's (there is); abbreviation: 'cause (because), mornin' (morning); possessive: Lord's
• Recorder: intermediate: excellent lower register practice

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