Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child #1
Song Analysis
Grade Level
6 - HS
Tonal Center
la
Scale
_None
Range
P11
Tone Set
m, si,L,t,drm sl
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
si, Tuning
Melodic Context
m,-si,
Rhythmic Element(s)
triplet Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
G
Partwork
Form Analysis
AAvABBcBBv
Form Type
Strophic with refrain
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a
syn-co-pa
ti
tri-o-la
tai
tam-ti
other

Source

Fenner, Thomas P., Religious Folk Songs of the Negro, as Sung on the Plantation. Hampton, Va.: Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, 1916. 115.



Informant/Performer


State


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

General Comments