Rock Chariot
Song Analysis
Grade Level
HS
Tonal Center
la
Scale
Tetratonic
Range
P8
Tone Set
L, drm l
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
C
Partwork
Form Analysis
ABA'BA'A'B
Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a
tam-ti
ta-a-a
tie
rest

Source
Courlander, Harold. Negro Songs from Alabama. New York: Oak Publications, 1960. 18-19.

Informant/Performer
Rich Amerson and Earthy Anne and Price Coleman, Livingston AL, 1950

State
Alabama

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Spiritual


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Figures


Subject(s)
Religious


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles

General Comments
Text of the original contains dialect.