Music
Rhythms of Africa
Giving rhythms to safari animals
See if your child remembers the pattern we gave to an elephant.
It goes:
STOMP - STOMP - STOMP - TRUMPET
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See if your child remembers the rhythms. Practice clapping the rhythms together. See if they remember how to do the rhythms for the animals below:
I am growling - I am growling - I am growling - ROAR
high up tall - in the trees - high up tall - in the trees
bubble-ing bubble-ing/ in - the - wa-ter
Che Che Kule
The children learned about call and response through the song Che Che Kule - a popular song among school children in Ghana.
Call-and-response is a common element in African music, where a leader sings or plays a phrase and the rest of the group responds with a similar phrase.
IMG_1611[1].MOVThe song uses a call and response structure with a leader calling phrases and the children replying back.
Lyrics:
Call: Che che Kule (chay chay koo-lay)
Response: Che che Kule
Call: Che che Kofinsa (chay chay koh-feen sah)
Response: Che che Kofisa
Call: Kofisa Langa (Koh-fee sah lahn-gah)
Response: Kofisa Langa
Call: Kaka Shilanga (Kah-kah shee lahn-gah)
Response: Kaka Shilanga
Call: Kum Aden Nde (koom ah-dehn day)
Response: Kum Aden Nde
Call: Kum Aden Nde (koom ah-dehn day)
Response: HEY!
Creating our own rhythms
The children used their understanding of rhythms from the previous lessons to create their own call and response rhythms. We asked simple questions about animal pictures dotted around the room and turned these questions and answers into percussion rhythms.
For example. What colour is a Zebra? Black and White.
Try clapping for each sylable in the question and answer. Play with the rhythm until you're happy with your own call and response rhythm!
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