Year 7

How did gumboot dancing help miners to communicate?

Year 7

How did gumboot dancing help miners to communicate?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore South African gumboot dancing. We will also compose and perform our own gumboot dance.

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6 Questions

Q1.
What is a melody line?
Correct answer: A succession of notes, varying in pitch, which have a recognisable shape.
The accompanying tune
The percussion accompaniment
Q2.
What is unison?
When you only play for one bar.
When you play or sing different things at the same time.
Correct answer: When you play or sing the same thing at the same time as others.
Q3.
When is harmony created?
The main tune in a piece of music
When one pitch is sung by everyone
Correct answer: When two or more pitches are played or sung at the same time
Q4.
What are the three main parts of the drum kit?
Bass drum, crash cymbal, hi-hat
Correct answer: Bass drum, snare drum, hi-hat
Bass drum, snare drum, toms
Q5.
Which sound do you use to make a closed hi-hat?
Correct answer: T
Tsss
Tttt
Q6.
Which sound do you use to make an open hi-hat?
T
Correct answer: Tsss
Tttt

7 Questions

Q1.
Where in the world is gumboot dancing from?
East Africa
North Africa
Correct answer: South Africa
Q2.
What are gumboots?
Boots made of chewing gum
Boots which aren't waterproof
Correct answer: Wellington boots
Q3.
How did miners use their gumboots?
Miners used to dance in the mines in their gumboots
Correct answer: Miners used to tap their gumboots as a form of communication
Miners were forced to stamp their boots in time with a pulse in the mines
Q4.
Why do people still perform gumboot dancing today?
It's a fun way to communicate with others
Students are forced to gumboot dance at school
Correct answer: To remember their heritage and culture
Q5.
Which of these body percussion techniques did miners use to communicate?
Shouting
Correct answer: Stamping
Whistling
Q6.
What is binary form?
Correct answer: A piece of music with 2 sections (AB)
A piece of music with 3 sections (ABA)
A piece of music with lots of returning A sections (ABACAD...)
Q7.
What is ternary form?
A piece of music with 2 sections (AB)
Correct answer: A piece of music with 3 sections (ABA)
A piece of music with lots of returning A sections (ABACAD...)