What type of music will I hear?

Brown Rice Family is a world roots band that combines different styles of music like reggae, dancehall, Afrobeat, hip hop, and funk.

Roots -- an inclusive style of music blending cultures and styles from all over the world

Reggae -- a style of Jamacian music developed in the 1960’s. It has a slower pace, offbeat rhythm, political and social messaging and sometimes uses call and response.

Dancehall -- a style of Jamacian music developed in the 1970’s, focusing on riddims (rhythms). Its name comes from Jamaican dance halls, public dance spaces.

Afrobeat -- rhythmic and percussive music blending West African musical styles with funk and jazz characterized by chanted vocals.

Hip hop -- stylized rhythmic music accompanied by rapping developed by African Americans and Latino Americans in New York City in the 1970’s.

Rapping -- a rhythmic, rhyming and chanted speech

Funk -- rhythmic music originating in African American communities in the mid-1960’s

I will get two spoons.

Then, I will watch these videos. I can practice call and response by creating rhythms with my two spoons.

I can tap my spoons on different surfaces to make different sounds!

I will watch these videos.

Then, I can practice call and response by creating rhythms with my hands or feet.

I can try different patterns and clap loud or soft!

I can play Okai’s favorite game, Follow the Leader, and practice call and response through dance and movement with members of Brown Rice Family.

I can practice call and response through dance with Okai by clicking here and here. (5:14 & 9:42 in the video)

I can practice call and response through dance with Isaiah by clicking here and here. (10:17 & 10:55 in the video)

I can practice call and response through dance with Anna by clicking here and here. (11:35 & 12:01)