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 Intermediate Unit
Music

Quarter 1

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Funga Alafia
(Liberia, Africa)

» Sing, play floor drums (Daily Gathering Song)

Kumbraza [Translation: Tortoise]
(Eritrea, Africa)

» Sing - call & response concept

Dikole
(Cameroon, Africa)

» Sing
» Stone Passing game - keep the beat

Ayele
(Ghana, Africa)

» Sing, play xylophone accompaniment

VIDEO:
Music of Africa

» Learn about African music performance practice and about kinds of instruments favored in Africa (drum, rattle, bell and xylophone)

I Want to Rise
(African American song)

» Sing and body percussion
» Play alto and bass xylophones, play hand drum and jingles
» Learn about rhythm patterns and playing together well as an ensemble

Balafon and Mbira Jam
(Walt Hampton)
 

» Learn two pieces in Zimbabwean style on xylophones
» Learn parts in aural tradition (no scores)
» Learn to listen to each other in ensemble

DRUM CIRCLE
 

» Play various rhythm patterns given by teacher in call & response fashion
» Play "name" rhythms on drums
» Play drums, cowbell and agogo bell as an ensemble (5 different rhythm patterns)