We're Gonna March When the Spirit Says "March"
Song Analysis
Grade Level
5 - HS
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Range
P11
Tone Set
s, D mfs tad'
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
ta Tuning
Melodic Context
d'-ta
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
C
Partwork
Form Analysis
ABCD
Form Type
Strophic
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
syn-co-pa
ti
rest
eighth rest
anacrusis

Source

Pere Seeger. The Incompleat Folksinger.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. 



Informant/Performer


State


Region
Widespread

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Freedom


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Historical


Sub Subject
Freedom and Civil Rights

Alternate Titles
I'm Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing

General Comments