When the Train Comes Along

When the Train Comes Along

Recognize Do8\So as perfect fourth (P4) and So\Do as a perfect fifth (P5), tonic arpeggios, a major sixth (M6), and a tonic octave skip.

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  • Grade: Fourth
  • Origin: USA - African American Spiritual
  • Key: D Major
  • Time: 4/4
  • Form: staves: ABCB - song: ABA, refrain/verse/refrain
  • Rhythm: beginners: | ta/a ta/ ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta ta | ta ta/a ta | syncopation, | ta/a/a ta | ta/a ta ta |
  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi So La Do - pentatonic scale
  • Intervals: intermediate: Do8\La (m3), La/Do8 (m3),
    Do8\So (P4), So\Do (P5), Do/Mi/So ascending tonic (I) arpeggio (D), So\Mi\Do descending tonic (I) arpeggio (D), Do/So (P5), Do\Do descending tonic octave skip, La\Do (M6)
  • Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beats, syncopation, two double barlines, tonic arpeggio, tonic octave skip, pentatonic scale, D.C. al Fine, Fine
  • Key Words: USA history, African American history, Underground railroad, railroad song, spiritual, snowing, cold, train station, blind, cannot see, lame, cannot walk; contraction: I'll (I will); abbreviation: an' (and)
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