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Wade in the Water: the melody (soprano)

The melody of Wade in the Water, sung by the soprano, in Fm, from C4 to F5. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Carries the tune and calls each verse line, climbing to a high F in the chorus, so take the top gently.

Range
C4 to F5
Key
Fm
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  1. 01 · Your part

    Hear your part on its own until the tune of it is in your ear.

  2. 02 · With the others

    Hear it with the others, so you know where it sits in the chord.

  3. 03 · Sing it

    Sing it with the others under you and watch each note light up as you land it. The mic listens only while it plays, and nothing is recorded.

About Wade in the Water

Words: traditional spiritual (published 1901)

Tune: traditional spiritual (published 1901)

Wade in the Water is a spiritual, one of the songs of enslaved African Americans, printed in 1901 in New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the book credited to Frederick J. Work and John Wesley Work II. Its arrangement there set the melody and harmony many later versions built on. Our melody and words are read from the book's second edition of 1904, moved from E minor up to F minor. For 2 to 4 singers, it has the chorus, two verses and the chorus between and after. In the verses the soprano calls and the others answer, while the bass keeps a steady "doom, ba-doom" underneath.

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