When the Saints Go Marching In
Spiritual · 1800s · Traditional African American spiritual, 19th-century roots; popularized in New Orleans jazz
Sing When the Saints Go Marching In with pitch feedback
“When the Saints Go Marching In” is transcribed here with its tonic on C4 at 120 bpm in 4 beats to the bar. The 8 notes span C4 to G4 — 7 semitones — which rates Medium to sing, and a full 4-pass session runs about 0:32.
7 semitones as transcribed. The practice room transposes it to sit in your own range.
- One time through
- 0:08 at 120 bpm
- A full session
- 0:32 — 4 passes
- Leaps of a third or more
- 3
When the Saints Go Marching In lyrics, as transcribed here
- Oh when the saints go marching in,
The songbook transcribes the opening phrase rather than the whole song, because 4 tight repetitions of a phrase you can hear yourself improve on beats one distracted run at the full thing.
Origin and copyright status
Traditional spiritual of unknown authorship, documented since the 19th century; no copyrighted arrangement is used here.
- Attribution
- Traditional African American spiritual, 19th-century roots; popularized in New Orleans jazz
- Language
- English
Every melody in the songbook is public domain, which is why the whole thing can be sung in a browser without a licence. A specific recording or arrangement of the same tune can still be under copyright — this is our own transcription of the melody.
Genre, era and what it drills
Tags describe what the melody asks of a voice, not what it sounds like — “spiritual” is the reason to pick it on a given day.