Lift Every Voice and Sing
Festival
- MLK Jr. Day
Time Signature
- 6/8
Cross Curricular
- History / Social Studies
Theme
- Black History Month
- Freedom and Justice
Content Type
- Choreography
Style
- Hymn
Articulation
- Legato
- Slur
- Tenuto
- Tie
Harmony
- Chords (I, IV, V)
- Descant
Tempo
- Moderato
Dynamics
- Crescendo
- Diminuendo
- Forte
- Mezzo Forte
- Mezzo Piano
Form
- Phrase
Movement Type
- Choreography
Voicing
- Unison w/opt. Harmony
Language
- English
Rhythm
- 3 Beamed Quavers (6/8 Metre)
- Crotchet
- Dotted Crotchet
- Dotted Crotchet Rest
- Dotted Minim
- Semibreve Rest
- Single Quaver
Metre
- Compound
- Duple
Year Group
- Year 4+
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Year 2
Lesson 5: Rests
Year 6
Lesson 8: Mixed Metres
Instrument Units
Lesson 1: Guitar Class Method - Unit 1
Instrument Units
Lesson 0: Recorder Class Method - Unit 2
Listening Maps
Lesson : Listening Maps
Demo Group
Lesson 2: Mark is Developing
Disney Music Activities (EYFS & KS1)
Lesson 3: Very First Steps: Sound
Disney Music Activities (EYFS & KS1)
Lesson : Very First Steps: The Beat
Disney Music Activities (EYFS & KS1)
Lesson 2: Very First Steps: Singing
Musicals
Lesson : Once Upon a Starry Night
New Test Group
Lesson 30: Am I Hearing You Right?
New Test Group
Lesson 28: It's Dynamically Fun!
Global Drumming
Lesson 1: 1. High Tone on Drum; Rattle
Global Drumming
Lesson 2: 2. Low Tone on Drum; Bell
Global Drumming
Lesson 3: 3. Question and Answer with Echo
Global Drumming
Lesson 4: 4. Double Bell (Gankogui)
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Lesson 5: 5. Rhythm Complements
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Words and Music by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
Arranged by Rollo Dilworth
Copyright © 2008 by Hal Leonard Corporation
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
Available Learning Resources
Lift Every Voice and Sing Credits
Words and Music by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
Arranged by Rollo Dilworth
Copyright © 2008 by Hal Leonard Corporation
International Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
Teaching Plan
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Goals
- Sing a song in ABA form.
- Sing a song about the right to freedom for all people.
Materials
- Maraca
- Optional: colorful scarves
Instructions
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The words of this song were written by the poet James Weldon Johnson. The words were set to music by his brother, Rosamond. It was first performed in 1900 by a chorus of 500 school children in Jacksonville, Florida to commemorate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was president during the Civil War and helped to end slavery in the United States. This song is regarded as the African American national anthem.
- Sit in a circle. As you listen to this song, pass and shake a maraca to the steady beat. Is the beat fast or slow? (slow)
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After listening to the song, answer these questions. What two parts of the melody were the same? (The beginning and the end) What part was different? (The middle) What is the form of the song? (ABA form)
- A: Stand in a circle. Sharing a scarf with your neighbors, walk to the steady beat around the circle.
- B: Stop. Pass the scarves to the steady beat around the circle.
- A: Sharing a scarf with your neighbors again, walk to the steady beat.
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Practice singing the song together, phrase by phrase, until everyone is confident.
- On Let our rejoicing rise and facing the rising sun, work on the upward interval leap to rise and sun by opening the jaw and singing with the head voice.
- On Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us; Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; work on relaxing the voice to sing the lowest notes without shouting.
- Sing the entire song together. Add a step-touch swaying movement with the feet to keep the beat while singing.
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