Carnival of the Endangered Animals, Orangutan - djembe

British English CC

Rhythm Grid Audio

Check - Alligator Chant Audio

Backing track (faster)

Backing track Samba 70bpm click

Dr Knickerbocker (audio)

I Have a Car (video with actions)

Obwisana (video - simple)

Obwisana (audio)

Obwisana (video - trickier)

Clockwise Rhythm Audio

Dr Knickerbocker (video)

I Have A Car (piano accompaniment - slow)

I Have A Car (piano accompaniment - fast)

Composing and notating on rhythm grids

Music

Rhythm grids as a form of notation

Rhythm and beat on rhythm grids

Rhythm grids and the subdivision of the beat

Decoding more complex rhythm grids

Reading stick notation on rhythm grids

This unit explores composing rhythmic patterns through the use of rhythm grids. Pupils are inspired by exciting percussive performances and work in groups to create and perform their own challenging rhythmic patterns.

Compose and Create: notating and performing using rhythm grids

use all the most complicated new rhythms you know

Tick some ways that are likely to make a successful rhythm composition.

What instructions might be included on a rhythm grid?

someone who performs someone else's music

The syllables tell us how high or low the notes are.

The syllables help us perform the rhythm patterns in time.

How does chanting the Takadimi rhythms help us?

__________ are how loud and quiet the music is.

Exit Quiz

Tick some ways that are likely to make a successful rhythm composition.