Wasn't That a Mighty Storm
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
7 - HS
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
M6
Tone Set
s,l, Drm
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Original Starting Pitch
A
Partwork
Form Analysis
AAvBBv
Form Type
Verse-chorus
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
syn-co-pa
ti
tiri-tiri
tim-ri
tai
anacrusis

Source
Library of Congress AFS 185 B2. Collected by John A. Lomax.

Informant/Performer
Congregation, Darrington State Farm, Sandy Point, TX, 1934.

State
Texas

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Ballad


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