Ostinato Example 1 Video

British English CC

Ostinato Example 2 Video

Ostinato Structure Video

Composition Performance Video

Composing in a Kuku or Warabadon style

Music

Context and technique in West African drumming

Kuku - djembe and dundun parts

Kuku - structure and solo parts

Warabadon - djembe and dundun parts

Warabadon - structure and solo parts

Pupils are introduced to drumming from the regions of West Africa, performing as an ensemble and developing their understanding of djembe technique, the structure and musical conventions of the music, how rhythm and tempo are used to create excitement and the culture connected with the music.

Djembe drumming and rhythms from the regions of West Africa

Many different rhythms played at the same time.

A continually repeated musical idea or rhythm.

Kuku is in 4/4 time and Warabadon is in {{}} time

The arrangement and ordering of sections within a piece of music is called the {{}}

What type of notation is a visual form of representing rhythm and pitch?

Which sections would we hear in a traditional Africa drumming structure?

Playing 2 or more different rhythms at once creates a {{}}

What are the three sounds of a djembe drum?

What is the term for creating music on the spot?

In compound time, a beat is divided into groups of {{}} rather than groups of two or four.

What word defines a continually repeated musical idea or rhythm?

A short phrase to break up the main rhythms is called a {{}}

A featured part of a composition played by one person is a {{}}

Starter Quiz

What are the three sounds of a djembe drum?