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Knowledge Builder: Music UNIT 1: Sea Shanties & UNIT 2: Music of Africa Year 7 | Autumn Term
Sea Shanties
West African Drumming
Listen:
Read:
A copy of this book can be found in the library.
Watch:
Watch this documentary by Gareth Malone about sea shanties.
Further listening to a variety of sea shanties.
Use the QR codes above to hear more sea shanties, locate this book by the composer of the 'Wellerman' Nathan Evans about his favourite shanties in the school library, or watch a documentary about the history of Sea Shanties.
TASK: Using the OneNote recording of your Sea Shanty, try to compose a harmony
line over the chorus melody.
Listen:
Read:
A link to a great website about the history
of the Djembe.
Watch:
Listen to traditional African music.
A video recapping Djembe technique.
TASK: Can you compose a polyrhythm using more complex notation such as dotted rhythms, triplets and semiquavers?
You can use the website linked here to recap your knowledge of note values.
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