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.

Download: Body_Percussion_Raps_Artifact_2015_Jenna_Lee.pdf


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