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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.
- Year 8
Composing in a Kuku or Warabadon style
I can create a drumming composition in the style of Kuku or Warabadon.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- We have composed 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.
- We have composed and performed two contrasting ostinato patterns as the basis of our piece.
- We developed 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
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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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