- 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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