Unit 2 Catch Up Plan

Complete this lesson to earn credit for overdue lessons in Unit 2. You will still have to complete the Unit 2 Quiz (2.1.5) and Assignment (2.3.1)

Page through the Genially on the next slide to experience music from different parts of the world. You do not need to listen to everything.

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• World Instruments

• Styles and Genres

• Cultural Traditions

• World Drum Techniques

• The Hand Drum & Ostinatos

Topics:

A category of music.

Examples: Pop, Rock, Jazz

Genre

A grouping of music or musical items with shared traits.

Style

• Bluegrass

  • String instruments

  • Off beat rhythms and players taking turns

• Jazz

  • European harmony + African rhythms

  • Improvisation

Styles and Genres

Instruments

​Banjo

​Steel Drum

• Samba

  • Quick tempo dance, bouncy and expressive

• Bossa Nova

  • Guitar paired with percussion instruments

Styles and Genres

Instruments

​Maracas

• ​Tango

  • Slower and mysterious dance

• Celtic

  • Refers to many styles of music, but generally features "poetic" melodies

• Polka

  • Partner dance with a march-like feel and tempo

Styles and Genres

Instruments

​Ocarina

​Viol

• Raga

  • Indian music in which the performer improvises using a specific collection of pitches called the "raga."

• Guoyue

  • Traditional Chinese instrumental music

Styles and Genres

Instruments

​Gong

• ​K-Pop

  • Korean popular music

• Balafon music

  • Music that features the balafon, a percussion instrument related to the xylophone with wooden bars and gourd resonators

• Afrobeats

  • Popular music genre in Africa that features powerful rhythm and beat.

Styles and Genres

Instruments

​Balafon

Djembe

Kalimba

• Outback Country

  • Sounds similar to North American country music, but often tells the stories of life in the vast Australian wilderness.

• Desert Reggae

  • Same rhythmic feel as Reggae music from the Caribbean, but developed in Australia.

Styles and Genres

Instruments

​Didgeridoo

​Clapsticks

The study of techniques and styles of music from regions all around the world.

World

Music that has been shared an remember over time.

Traditional

Now is a good time to complete the Unit 2 Quiz (2.1.5).

When you finish, come back for the second half.

The study of drumming techniques from around the world.

Also refers to other percussion instruments.

​Powwow Drum
(North America)

​Cuica
(South America)

​Bodhran
(Europe)

​Taiko
(Asia)

​Djembe
(Africa)

​Maracas

​Shekere

Cowbell

​Claves

Tambourine

The performance of a musical phrase is followed by the same phrase repeated.

The performance of a musical phrase followed by a unique, but similar musical phrase.

Music is actively made up during a performance. There are no specific music notes to follow along with.

A repeated musical phrase.
Ostinatos can be melodic and/or rhythmic.

Ostinato

​Ostinato 1

​Ostinato 2

​Ostinato 3

​​Continue to the next page to perform one of these patterns.

​Use your rhythm sticks, hand drum, or clapping to practice your rhythms for 2.3.1!

Congratulations on completing the Unit 2 Catch-Up Plan

You still have two things to complete:

Unit 2 Quiz (2.1.5) - If you did not take a break and complete it earlier
World Rhythms Assignment (2.3.1) -You may use your rhythm resources on the class Resource Padlet: Class Padlet Link