Got the Keys to the Kingdom
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
7 - HS
Tonal Center
la
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
M9
Tone Set
s,L, drm sl
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
A
Partwork
Form Analysis
A(ab)A'(a'c)B(db')B'(d'c')
Form Type
Verse-chorus
Rhythm Set
ti-ti
ta-a
tiri-ti
anacrusis
other

Source

Library of Congress AFS 1041 A1. Collected by John A. Lomax.



Informant/Performer
Lillie Knox, Murrells Inlet, SC, 1937

State
South Carolina

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Spiritual


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Religious


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
I Got the Keys to the Kingdom

General Comments