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Dry Bones

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Analysis

Song Analysis

Grade Level 7 - HS	Tonal Center so
Scale Blues	Range P8
Tone Set m, S,l,ta,drm	Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements	Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
Original Starting Pitch Bb	Partwork
Form Analysis A(ab)A'(ac)B(dc)B(dc)B(dc)	Form Type Verse-chorus with refrain

Rhythm Set

ta
ta-a
ti
ti-tiri
tiri-ti
tim-ri
tam-ti
anacrusis
other

Source
Library or Congress AFS 105 B2. Collected by John A. Lomax.

Informant/Performer
Alberta Bradford and Becky Elzy, Lake Arthur, LA, 1934

State
Louisiana

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Spiritual

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Figures

Subject(s)
Death and Afterlife

Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
Dem Bones

General Comments