He Came Down
by Nancy Grundahl
SSAA - Sheet Music

SSAA choir a cappella, solo (SSAA choir)

SKU: AN.AMP-0506

Edited by Rebecca Rottsolk. Arranged by Nancy Grundahl. Octavo. Alliance Music Publications #AMP 0506. Published by Alliance Music Publications (AN.AMP-0506).

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Songs from Africa can be performed effectively with or without percussion. If percussion is used, the following suggestions might be helpful.

Any drum that can give two pitches can be used: conga, bongo, or djembe. A soft tremolo can follow each of the solo phrases at the beginning before a rhythmical pattern enters in measure 6. No percussion should play during the legato verse on page 8. When a steady rhythm begins in measure 6, a gifted percussionist can improvise rhythms that vary from quarter notes (lower pitch on beats 1 and 3) to combinations of eighths and sixteenths, alternated with the lower pitched quarter notes on the downbeats.

Nancy Grundahl