rhythms that emphasise the beats that are usually weaker

a type of syncopation where we emphasise the 2nd and 4th beat in a 4-beat bar.

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

Don't Clap This One Back

Fruit Canon

Pachelbel's Canon 

listen to this track - use also for Task C

What is syncopation?

Music

Singing and playing syncopated rhythms

Layering syncopated rhythms to accompany a song

Syncopated rhythms in jazz

Creating and rehearsing a syncopated performance - building a tight ensemble

Syncopation performance and reflection

This unit introduces pupils to the term syncopation through adding syncopated rhythms to songs. Pupils learn how to feel the offbeats through movement and experience how straight rhythms and syncopated rhythms feel different. Syncopated rhythm patterns form an accompaniment to a range of songs.

Singing for performance: syncopation in songs

a repeating musical idea created from a rhythmic pattern

sing the first part 

Full song with pulse

sing the second part 

Sing the first part 

Sing the second part 

Sin Nje both parts 

a goblet-shaped drum originating from West Africa, played with hands

a rhythm from Guinea, West Africa, that can be played on two or more drums

a specific phrase played by the lead drummer to signal starting, stopping, or changing a rhythm

Count In: "5+6+7+8+"

Pulse Track with Count In "5+6+7+8+"

Sangban Rhythm 4 times 

Kenkeni Rhythm 4 times 

Djembe Rhythm x 4

Drum Break

Dawda Sanneh - slower version 

Dawda Sanneh - faster version

Dawda Sanneh Rhythm on Djembe

Fruit Cannon

a music genre that originated in the African American communities of New Orleans, blending elements of blues, African rhythms, and European harmonic structures

musical traits such as rhythm and melody that inspire a musician’s work

to create new musical ideas in the moment

a vocal jazz technique where singers improvise melodies and rhythms using wordless syllables instead of lyrics

doo-bah-doo-bop

Piano Backing for scat improviation 90BPM

Listen to this example

Count in - 1,2,3

Count in - 1,2,3,4

scat echo on more than one note

Scat echo on one note

Cookie Jar

a practice session in which a performance is prepared

the steady, regular heartbeat of the music

Babethandaza

Scat backing

Dawda Sanneh

Don't Clap this one Back

a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind, body and voice for singing / playing instruments

an assessment of the quality and enjoyment of a musical performance, taking into account stage presence, accuracy of playing and musicality

Fruit Canon - without backbeat to practise

Up Down Go Stop 

Sin Nje Nje Nje + PIANO

Sin Nje piano only 

Backing for Scat improvisation

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