Body Percussion “Raps”
Body Percussion “Raps” Jena-Lea Bang from Outlook Elementary School
Grades 4 & 5 Music
Summary:
The grades 4 and 5 music classes at OES had the opportunity to experience, create, practice and
perform body percussion raps. I taught them a Hand Rap, which we practiced and performed
together using various sounds objects. We figured out the rhythms to go with the Hand Rap,
then enjoyed some videos of other groups using body percussions rhythms to create
performances. We discussed and analyzed these performances before creating our own criteria
for a composition assignment using body percussion. Finally the students were divided into
small groups and given class time to create their own body percussion compositions, followed by
practice and performances.