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Category Archives: Djembe
Issue 131: The Chatty Djembe Class
There is a class of year 3 and 4 children that I teach to djembe to who must take the gold medal for being the most chatty class anywhere! The big problem is getting them to watch and listen … Continue reading
Posted in Class Teaching, Djembe, Lessons that have happened
Tagged behaviour, behaviour management
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Issue 125: Accompaniment for Kalele
Try this rhythm as an ostinato for the song Kalele which I posted a couple of weeks ago: If you are using a djembe, play the low notes as bass notes and the high notes as tones. Or use whatever unturned … Continue reading
Posted in Djembe, Percussion, The organised teacher
Tagged classroom percussion, kalele
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New Year Issue 117: Monkey Business
Lying in bed before the alarm went off this morning, I came up with this little body/vocal percussion number Monkey Business 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Big Ba- boon (stamp) (click) Chimp- -an zee (click) (click) tan … Continue reading
Posted in Composition, Djembe, Percussion, Samba
Tagged cyclic patterns, graphic score, notation, ostinato, rhythm
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Issue 105: Rabbit run on the frozen ground
This is a great little children’s song from Kentucky. I first came across is in Jo McNally’s “Young Voiceworks” anthology – a resource I go back to time and time again (Warm up and Stomp Cannon, Star light, star bright, … Continue reading
Posted in Clarinets, Djembe, Early Years, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recorders, Resources, Samba
Tagged clarinets, djembe, percussion, Piano, Rabbit song, recorders, samba
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Issue 104: Sambalele (is a monkey)
This is a neat little song about a monkey. I’ve come across it in a number of different versions, all with roughly the same tune, but with varied lyrics and slightly altered rhythms. This is the version that I am … Continue reading
Posted in Djembe, Lessons that have happened, Samba, Ukulele
Tagged composition, djembe, internalisation, internalising the pulse, samba, Sambalele, songs, ukulele
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Issue 89: Djembe Plans – Group Composition
This is what I do in the final half term of Wider Opportunities Djembe classes. Each step happens as part of a lesson. Step 1 Introduce (or revisit) the idea of using phrases to create djembe rhythms. I just look … Continue reading
Issue 87: Kumala Vista – singing, samba, djembe, recorders, percussion
Since I’ve found this song all over the place, and have been taught it by ear on various occasions, by various teachers, I hope I’m okay in giving the words and melody here. It’s also in this book Kumala Vista where … Continue reading
Posted in Djembe, Recorders, Samba, Songs
Tagged class percussion, Kumala Vista, thinking voice
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Issue 83:New Djembe Rhythm from Ianto Thornber
I needed a replacement tamborim head, and contacted http://www.knockonwood.co.uk/. It was a bit of a random choice – I just searched the internet and chose this one as the most likely supplier to come up with what I wanted. So, … Continue reading