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Year 1
Songs

Songs

The Brecknock verse - more to come!

Percussion:
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Wooden agogo

Claves

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Percussion

made of wood

Wood block

'Music for pieces of wood' by Steve Reich

- wood

Cowbell

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Triangle

Cymbals

Percussion

made of metal

'Snell's Beach' by Max Riefer

- metal
- drums

Percussion

made of 'skin' (DRUMS!)

Some drum heads are made out of real animal skin (yuk) but most of our's are completely vegetarian!

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Djembe drumming from West Africa
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Darbuka drumming from Turkey
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Evelyn Glennie
- shakers

Shakers

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Tambourine

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Maraccas

INSTRUMENT QUIZ
Here are some of the percussion instruments (things you hit or shake) we've been playing this term. Watch the videos and see if you recognise them.
 

- quiz
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Claves
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Woodblock
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cowbell.png
Cowbell
Triangle
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Drum
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Tambourine
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Maracas

Watch the videos - can you recognise which instrument is playing?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Can you recognise them just from the sounds they make?

1

00:00 / 00:05

2

00:00 / 00:04

5

00:00 / 00:09

6

00:00 / 00:12
Answers here:
Percussion from Cuba

3

00:00 / 00:07

4

00:00 / 00:08

7

00:00 / 00:14
Tablas from India
Volume

Volume

Crescendo
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Diminuendo
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Woodwind
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Flute.png
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Clarinet

Flute

Three blowing instruments
'woodwind'

Saxophone

Words

Some words we've been using

Percussion - instruments you hit
- wood block
- claves
- triangle
- cowbell
- cymbal
- drums
- maracas
- tambourine
- darbuka
- djembe
- tablas


Woodwind - instruments you blow
- flute
- clarinet
- saxophone


Bits of a song
- verse
- chorus
- intro
- outro
- instrumental


Volume
- loud
- soft
- crescendo
- get louder
- diminuendo - get softer

More musical words

- melody - one note at a time
- chord - two or more notes at once
Notation

Reading and writing music

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Shh

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Body percussion rhythm
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Knee
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Knee
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Clap
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(Shh)

More rhythms to try

Body percussion rhythm on a 3 line stave
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More rhythms to try

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Boomwackers

High
The smaller the boomwacker,
the higher the note,
The bigger the boomwacker,
the lower the note,
Low
Boomwacker tunes

More tunes to try

Low boomwacker
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High boomwacker
Volume
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loud_1.png
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Crescendo

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Diminuendo

Speed
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fast

lots of notes

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slow

a few notes

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