Composing in a Kuku or Warabadon style
I can create a drumming composition in the style of Kuku or Warabadon.
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- Year 8
Composing in a Kuku or Warabadon style
I can create a drumming composition in the style of Kuku or Warabadon.
Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to be in the UK and
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Composing a rhythmic piece in the style of either Kuku (in 4/4) or Warabadon (in 12/8).
- A successful Kuku or Warabadon structure includes a call, break, échauffement and solo sections.
- Composing and performing two contrasting ostinato patterns as the basis of our piece.
- Developing these within the structure, creating a polyrhythmic section with an improvised solo.
Keywords
Ostinato - a repeated pattern
Structure - the different sections of a piece of music and how the piece is organised
4/4 - a time signature with four beats in a bar
12/8 - a time signature with twelve quavers in a bar; these are in four groups of three
Common misconception
Composing a rhyhtm means creating something totally original
Successful compositions often take some ideas from other pieces and do something new with it, so adapting rhythms from the drumming pieces you have already played is acceptable and can help in finding the right type of rhythms and the right style.
Equipment
Djembe and dunduns can be replaced with bass, mid and treble versions of any untuned percussion. You can also use cupped hands (bass), palm clap (tone) and full clap (slap) as an alternative.
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