This Train Is Bound For Glory

  • This song can be sung as a partner song with 'When the Saints Go Marching In'. If singing as a Partner Song, start to sing on the word "Saints".
  • This song can be used to prepare and practise the melodic elements 'low la' and 'low so'.
  • A useful song for practising the rhythmic element 'syncopa'.
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Kodály Analysis:

This Train Is Bound For Glory Theme: Multicultural Games:
Partner: Form: Irregular Song Type:
Scale: do Pentatonic CSP: F Age: Middle Primary - Lower Secondary
Tones: s low l low d finalis r m s l Rhythm: ; ; ; ;  
Melodic: d r m d ; m d l low s low d finalis ; d s ; l s m d ; r d l low s low d
Prep: l low s low
Prac: , l low s low

 

Origin: African-American Folk Song
Source: Just Five Plus Two

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