Category Archives: Samba

81/100 Christmas Samba

Posted on December 3, 2016 by

With my fairly experienced year 5 and 6 class, I’ve been working on rhythms where the words start on the “up-beat” all term, based on a “desktop” samba taken from “The Singing Schools books by Maurice Walsh. It had word-rhythms … Continue reading →

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48/100 Prior Learning – It makes a difference!

Posted on June 28, 2016 by

I’ve just had a bit of a wake-up call about the importance of regular music lessons. At the primary school where I teach music all the way through from Reception to Year 6, I thought it would be a fair … Continue reading →

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42/100 From Chant to Samba (or Djembe)

Posted on June 18, 2016 by

There’s a great chant called H E L L O on www.singup.org. It has worked really well as a samba piece. The only problem is you have to be a paid-up member to access it. BUT, if you are NOT … Continue reading →

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37/100 Drumkit Samba

Posted on June 7, 2016 by

And another samba added to the samba page: Set up a steady count  of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Allocate the numbers as follows; 1, 5, 6 Surdos;   7,8 … Continue reading →

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36/100 Samba by Numbers; 1 2 3 4

Posted on June 6, 2016 by

I’ve just added this to the samba page: Set up a steady vocal counting to 4: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 allocate a number to each section, and see … Continue reading →

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27/100 We’ve lost the key

Posted on May 2, 2016 by

Yes, turned up to teach djembe, to discover that The Key to the room where the djembes are kept and the lessons happen, was lost. I hung around for ten minutes or so while various people scattered in different directions, … Continue reading →

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20/100 The Samba Page

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

I’ve started a Samba Page on the Music Jungle. The sections are Favourite Tutor Book, Top Tips, Signals, First Samba Rhythm (Samba Samba We love to Samba) Songs to Sambas   I’ll be adding to it from time to time. … Continue reading →

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3/100 Teaching Syncopation in a samba class

Posted on January 15, 2016 by

I needed something to fill the last few minutes of a year 4 5 samba class this week… Everybody play SYN——co-PAT—shun; feel the pulse on SYN and PA with your feet. Play that four times and STOP Just play SYN and imagine … Continue reading →

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