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 * 2015 Musica Viva in Schools (Live Performance Plus) **

Group - The Rhythm Works Concert - iPercussion: // Garbage cans and Garage Band... Scrap metal and iPads... // // iPercussion combines the most fundamental elements of music with some of the best technology available. // // Equipped with both tuned & untuned percussion, looping technology, plus an iPad, The Rhythm Works helps students compose music that is recorded, looped and used to create an interactive percussion performance. // // Students will play both junk and real instruments and help to compose their own original piece. // // This performance aims to inspire students to create music at home or in the classroom. // // Never before has it been so easy to create extraordinary music. //

__** Concert date and times: **__ // (in the Armadale Primary School Under-Cover Area). //
 * Monday 31st August, 2015 **

Juniors (Foundation - Year 3) - 12:55 to 1:55pm

Seniors (Years 4-6) - 1:55 to 2:55pm

__** Introducing 'The Rhythm Works' **__
 * Website link to an overview of The Rhythm Works //(including some audio samples of their songs)//: ** Musica Viva website - Rhythm Works... click here or the picture below



All about Kevin Tuck - click here
 * Website link to the composer of The Rhythm Works songs, Kevin Tuck: **

__** The songs **__ The //four// songs we will be concentrate on knowing a bit about and exploring before the concert are:
 * 1. Nature Sounds **
 * 2. Boom Boom Beat **
 * 3. Liffey Falls **
 * 4. The Samba Beat **

__** Activities, information and links for the 4 songs are below **__ __** (more will be added during Term 3, 2015). **__

//__** Please note: **__ **__audio (sound) files can only be listened to on a computer or device that has flash player installed - NOT iPads unfortunately.__** //

The piece **Natures Sounds** uses: bongos, congas, bass guitar, vocals, vibraphone and sounds from nature i.e. birds, water and the wind. Students will learn the bongo and conga rhythms (using body percussion) and learn to sing and play a section from the piece.
 * 1. Nature Sounds **

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 * Singalong with Ms Hartley as she sings **
 * the vocal lines **** from the 'Nature Sounds' song: **

Four times in a row ("I hear nature sounds") - Once through ("In the jungle...") -

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 * Year 1 to 6: LISTEN TO YOURSELVES... **
 * SING AND PLAY **** PART **** OF **** THE SONG **** 'NATURE SOUNDS'!!!! **
 * Year 1 Area 3
 * Year 1 area 4
 * Year 1/2 Area 4B
 * Year 2 Area 7 (20/7/15)
 * Year 2 Area 8 (20/7/15)
 * Year 3 Area 13 (21/7/15)
 * Year 3 Area 14 (21/7/15)
 * Year 3 Area 15
 * Year 4 Area 5
 * Year 4 Area 6
 * Year 5 Area 10 (21/7/15)
 * Year 5/6 Area 12
 * Year 6 Area 11 (21/7/15)


 * Year 1 to 6: **
 * Some rhythms from the song **

__**Bongo rhythm (pat chest):**__ __**Conga rhythm (patsch - pat knees):**__

__**We can play this on the xylophone, metallophone and marimba (tuned percussion)**__ __**OR**__ __**Year 5's and 6's can play this on the recorder (Year 4's may want to have a try too)!**__
 * Year 4, 5 and 6: **
 * Some melodies from the song **

//Finger charts below for how to play the new note F:// OR SIMPLY -->

__**We can play this melody on tuned percussion (xylophone, metallophone and marimba), keyboard, guitar etc.**__ __**We can also play parts of it on the recorder (*****when it says the very low notes A or G just play a low C instead*****).**__ //Here below is a general recorder finger chart to help you match the notes in the music to the recorder holes to cover for it.//




 * 2. Boom Boom Beat **

The piece **Boom Boom Beat** uses: boom whackers and a djembe (drum).  Students will learn a body percussion pattern and learn to play the rhythm pattern on a variety of instruments... including boom whackers!

The song has a repeating //ostinato// (a short repeating pattern) of the notes A, E, G and C.

Video that tells you what boom whackers are! - click here

Play some boomwhackers online! - click here

Other songs that make use of Boom Whackers: Heart and Soul (song) - using Boom Whackers and a loop machine


 * What we've done in class: **


 * ** Year 1 and Year 2 (& Foundation) **

// The 'Body Percussion' for the ostinato is- // Clap, clap (taa, taa) Knee, knee (taa, taa) Clap, clap (taa, taa) Partner clap (ti-ti, taa)

// Instruments - //
 * //Accelerando// - a gradual increase in the speed (tempo) **
 * //Ostinato - a short// ** **//repeating musical pattern//**

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 * Listen to: **
 * The Year 1 (Area 3, 4 & 4B) and Year 2 (Area 4B, 7 & 8) students play along with Boom Boom Beat **


 * ** Year 3 to 6 - **

// The 'Body Percussion' for the ostinato is- // Clap, clap (taa, taa) Chest, chest (taa, taa) Click, click (taa, taa) Knee, knee, knee (ti-ti, taa)

// Instruments - //
 * //Accelerando// - a gradual increase in the speed (tempo) **
 * //Ostinato - a short// ** **//repeating musical pattern//**


 * The notes of the //ostinato// on the music staff: **

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 * Listen to: **
 * The Year 3 (Area 13, 14 & 15) and Year 4 (Area 5) students play along with Boom Boom Beat **

media type="file" key="Boom Boom Beat Senior primary Musica Viva Rhythm Works - 7_08_2015 12.44 pm.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * Listen to: **
 * The Year 5 (Area 10 & 12) and Year 6 (Area 11 &12) students play along with Boom Boom Beat **

Liffey Falls is a piece that was written to give the feeling of a beautiful rainforest waterfall scene. Liffey Falls is found in Tasmania - the composer Kevin Tuck wrote the piece while sitting peacefully at the Liffey Falls National Park!
 * 3. Liffey Falls **

The piece **Liffey Falls** uses the instruments: shaker, clave (tapping sticks), triangle, bongos, vibraphone, bass and a rainstick.

Students will draw or write about the piece, move to the piece, become familiar with the bass and melody lines, work through some of the rhythms and after the concert create their own compositions to make the listener picture certain images as their piece is played.

Some other music written about water: Click here for a link to a video that has one part of this music - Water Music
 * **The Water Music** was composed by [|George Frideric Handel]. It premiered on 17 July, 1717 after King George the First had requested a concert on barges on the River Thames, London (England). The Water Music was written for a large orchestra, making it very suitable for an outdoor performance.

Click here to listen and relax!
 * **A nature sounds recording** that is water flowing and the sounds around it (10 minutes!) - good for relaxing!

Explanation of the three parts: 1."From dawn to noon on the sea" or "From dawn to midday on the sea" – // very slow – animate little by little // 2. "Play of the Waves" – //allegro (with a very versatile rhythm) – animated// 3. "Dialogue of the wind and the sea" or "Dialogue between wind and waves" – //animated and tumultuous – give up very slightly// Click here to listen to La Mer
 * **La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre** //(which is French for The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra)//, or simply **La mer** //(meaning 'The Sea' in French)//, is an [|orchestral] [|composition] by the French composer [|Claude Debussy]. There are three parts/sections to the work (23 minutes long) and the composer wanted the listener to think of the sea when listening.

Click here to watch!
 * An American bathroom cleaning product TV advertisement with an ocean feel!

Click here to listen
 * **Moon River** is a decades old song that has became a classic because of its music that is pleasant to the ears and also its short but meaningful lyrics. The song’s message is that of being not just a dreamer but also of chasing and acting towards achieving that dream. The imagery the song gives to the listener is a clear picture of the person gazing upon, and admiring, the wide river as he thinks about his dreams.

//** (click the grey rectangle below the picture to listen - on a computer that has flash player installed) **//
 * Our class Liffey Falls soundscapes **

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 * Year 1 Area 3**

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 * Year 1 Area 4**

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 * Year 1/2 Area 4B**

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 * Year 2 Area 7**

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 * Year 2 Area 8**

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 * Year 3 Area 13**

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 * Year 3 Area 14**

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 * Year 3 Area 15**

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 * Year 4 Area 5**

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 * Year 4 Area 6**

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 * Year 5 Area 10**

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 * Year 5/6 Area 12**

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 * Year 6 Area 11**


 * 4. The Samba Beat **

**Samba** is a Brazilian type of **music** __and__ **dance style** that started in **Brazil**, with its roots in Africa (via the West African slave trade).
 * What is Samba?! **

The piece ** The Samba Beat ** uses the instruments: shaker, triangle, agogo bell, surdo, snare drum (played with brushes), voice, vibraphone, bass guitar.

Click on the grey box here to listen and singalong: media type="file" key="The Samba Beat by Kevin Tuck vocal - 18_08_2015 9.49 am.mp3" width="240" height="20"
 * Singalong with Ms Hartley!!! **


 * The words to the song! **

Click here! Click here!
 * Some videos of the animated movie 'Rio' that have samba music and dancing! **

__** The instruments of The Rhythm Works **__  A list: Vocals Bongos Congas (drum) Bass guitar Vibraphone Sounds from nature i.e. birds, water and the wind Boomwhackers Djembe <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Egg Shakers <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Chocallo (shakers) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Clave <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Triangle <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Rainmaker <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Agogo bells <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Surdo (bass drum) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 23px;">Snare drum (played with brushes)

__** The Cup Song **__ __** Everything you need to know about 'The Cup Game' - click here **__ //** Please be aware this particular link has embedded links to youtube - get an adult's permission before watching anything on youtube! **//