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FF1084 p33 Deep River

The document discusses accidentals in music notation and provides an excerpt from the spiritual Deep River. It explains that accidentals are flats, sharps, or naturals written in the music but not in the key signature. The lyrics to Deep River reference crossing over the Jordan River and wanting to cross over into campground, which can symbolize freedom or heaven.

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FF1084 p33 Deep River

The document discusses accidentals in music notation and provides an excerpt from the spiritual Deep River. It explains that accidentals are flats, sharps, or naturals written in the music but not in the key signature. The lyrics to Deep River reference crossing over the Jordan River and wanting to cross over into campground, which can symbolize freedom or heaven.

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Accidentals

Flats or sharps that are written in the music but


are not in the key signature are called accidentals.
A natural is also an accidental.

• Circle the accidental in measure 6. 2. Deep River

Slowly, expressively ( Π= 56-63)

#4 ˙
African-American Spiritual

& 4 œ œ œ œ
5 4 1

˙ œ
F Deep
œœœ ˙˙˙ riv
w
w
- er, my

? # 44 Π1
3
5
2
4

# œ œ œ
3

œ ˙
cross over

œ
5 2

& œ œ
3 1 2 1
oc tave

(count: 3 + 4 +)

f
home is o - ver Jor - dan. Oh,

w œ ˙˙˙
?# w
w œ 1
2
5

# ˙
5

œ œ œ œ
4

& œ œ œ
3 1

p
œ
deep
˙˙ ˙˙
riv - er,
F #˙
˙
Lord, I

? # move
Œ 1 œœ
1
5

5
2
4

#
7

& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ Œ
4 2 1 4 3

p
rit.

?# ˙ ˙ ˙
want to cross o - ver in - to camp - ground.

1 ˙˙
5
3

Deep River has been called “perhaps the best known and best-loved spiritual.” The word
“campground” has various meanings: camp meetings to gather and worship, freedom in this
life, and Heaven in the afterlife.

FF1084 CD 32-33 Theory pp.22, 23 ?Tech p.19 33

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