Hold On (Keep Your Hand on the Plow) Spiritual Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle A DIVISION OF instrumentation Conductor Score 1 Violin I 8 Violin II 8 Viola 5 Cello 5 String Bass 5 Notes to the Conductor This African-American spiritual expresses the difficulty of the lives of those who would have been singing it, and yet, embedded in its intensity is a call for strength and perseverance. Freedom will come but we must hold on. Got my hand on the Gospel plow, I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now. Keep your hand on the plow, hold on. Hold on! Hold on! Keep your hand on the plow, hold on. Both struggle and hope are represented in this arrangement by variations in scoring, beginning with the cello and bass in their lower register and ending with the violins in third position, and by fluctuating dynamics and varying articulations. The relatively dark key of D minor allows students to refine tuning F naturals and B flats, and yet the tonic of D keeps the students secure and centered. The Highland/Etling String Orchestra Series Grade Level: 2½ Please note: Our band and orchestra music is now being collated by an automatic high- speed system. The enclosed parts are now sorted by page count, rather than score order. Preview Only Legal Use Requires Purchase
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Hold On(Keep Your Hand on the Plow)
SpiritualArranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle
A DIVIS ION OF
i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n
Conductor Score 1Violin I 8Violin II 8Viola 5Cello 5String Bass 5
Notes to the Conductor
This African-American spiritual expresses the difficulty of the lives of those who would have been singing it, and yet, embedded in its intensity is a call for strength and perseverance. Freedom will come but we must hold on.
Got my hand on the Gospel plow, I wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now.Keep your hand on the plow, hold on.Hold on! Hold on!Keep your hand on the plow, hold on.
Both struggle and hope are represented in this arrangement by variations in scoring, beginning with the cello and bass in their lower register and ending with the violins in third position, and by fluctuating dynamics and varying articulations. The relatively dark key of D minor allows students to refine tuning F naturals and B flats, and yet the tonic of D keeps the students secure and centered.
T h e H i g h l a n d / E t l i n g S t r i n g O r c h e s t r a S e r i e s
Grade Level: 2½
Please note: Our band and orchestra music is now being collated by an automatic high-speed system. The enclosed parts are now sorted by page count, rather than score order.