Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
The spiritual, for 2 to 4 singers: a short, easy tune with a "Hallelujah!" to answer. The soprano sings the melody, the alto moves beneath it, the bass holds the roots on "oo", and the tenor fills the chord.
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Michael, Row the Boat Ashore · first line4 voices · 0:00 / 0:21
Synthesized guide voices, singing on "oo". In the app, real singers sing some of the parts.
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore's first line, "Michael, row the boat ashore, Hallelujah! Michael, row the boat ashore, Hallelujah!", in four parts: the soprano sings the tune, with the alto, tenor and bass under it. Your part is the Soprano. Press a voice to take it out of the harmony or bring it back.
The parts
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The first verse
Words: traditional spiritual (Slave Songs of the United States, 1867)Tune: traditional spiritual (1867)
Michael, row the boat ashore, Hallelujah!Michael, row the boat ashore, Hallelujah!
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