4/13-4/17 Music activities
1.) PLAY:
Find your homemade drum or shaker and get ready to practice your rhythm skills using this video. In the beginning, you can clap or speak the rhythm patterns. In the second half of the video, they will play a mystery pattern for you to decode. If you are using a drum or shaker, try to find the rhythm pattern. If you are using a piano, try to find the rhythm AND melody!
Find your homemade drum or shaker and get ready to practice your rhythm skills using this video. In the beginning, you can clap or speak the rhythm patterns. In the second half of the video, they will play a mystery pattern for you to decode. If you are using a drum or shaker, try to find the rhythm pattern. If you are using a piano, try to find the rhythm AND melody!
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2. ) SING:Try learning the song Tue Tue. This is a song in the Ashanti language and it comes from Ghana. The meaning of the words are, “Sorry man, sorry. This small boy has made you fall flat”. Sing along with this recording and try to make up your own movements to match the rhythm of the song.
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Did you hear some instruments accompanying the singers? One instrument I heard is an mbira or a kalimba. These are sometimes called thumb pianos. Watch the video here and learn all about them!
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3.) EXPLORE:You’ve been learning a lot about percussion instruments from Africa. Take some time to explore some beat making with an app called Groove Pizza
You can explore different grooves in styles like Jazz, Rock, Bembe and Trap. You can also make your own and share the file with me!
You can explore different grooves in styles like Jazz, Rock, Bembe and Trap. You can also make your own and share the file with me!