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This Little Light of Mine #1

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Analysis

Song Analysis

Grade Level 3 - 8	Tonal Center do
Scale Hexatonic	Range P8
Tone Set s,l, Drmfs	Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements	Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
Original Starting Pitch D	Partwork
Form Analysis AA'AB	Form Type Strophic with refrain

Rhythm Set

ti-ti
ta-a
ti
tai
ri-tim
anacrusis
other

Source
Library of Congress AFS 199B. Collected by John A. Lomax.

Informant/Performer
Jim Boyd of Jacksonville,TX; State Penitentiary, Huntsville,TX, 1934

State
Texas

Region
South

Origin
African-American

Song Type(s)
Spiritual

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Figures

Subject(s)
Religious

Sub Subject

Alternate Titles

General Comments
Recording contains many melodic variations of the tune.