Inspire your students to make some noise with Teach and Play African Drums!The six pieces in this book represent an exciting and varied selection of music from across the African continent from traditional djembe drumming and gumboot dancing to a Senegalese pop song. Each piece is broken down into clear and simple steps that show you how tobuild up the music gradually with your class. Combined with the accompanying DVD ? which contains over 60 short clips of the author and a group of KS3 students demonstrating all of the instruments and patterns to each piece ? teaching and learning world music has never been so easy or enjoyable.The six pieces are supplemented with valuable background information about the music and culture cross-curricular projects composing ideas advice on assessment and guidance on teaching whole-class world-music ensembles. The material has been designed primarily for use with KS2 and KS3 classes but the addition of higher-ability parts for each piece means the book can be tailored easily to KS4 as well. It is not necessary to own authentic instruments to get the most out of this book as classroom alternatives are suggested and demonstrated.?This series has been written by a genuine expert who has thorough knowledge of his subject and shares this with the reader in a lively enthusiastic and passionate way. I have never found any books before that are so clear in explaining the fundamentals of these world-music genres and doing so in a format based around practical relevant and achievable tasks is even more remarkable. I can see these books becoming one of those series that every music teacher will

Beat it! African Dances is a brilliant resource for both general and more specialised music teachers working with beginner percussion groups. It presents sixteen contrasting workshops based on four African dances providing invaluable material built on the National Curriculum requirements in music for year 4 and up. Inspired by the thrilling traditional music of Africa this book demonstrates how to develop a range of rhythmic ideas using everyday classroom percussion and the body. The group's work will culminate in performances of the four dances (with or without the enhanced CD backings provided) ideal for school concerts or assemblies.

Suitable for young children aged 3-7 this book allows everyone to join in playing and singing along to familiar songs with simple percussion instruments. A free CD providing the backing and accompaniments is included toplay-along to. Barry hart talks you through each instrument: how to hold and play it to produce the best sound and tips for very young children to play in time. This book can be used in conjunction with Children's PercussionSet Rucksack (Item code: 9030440) which contains all the instruments used in the book. For Voice with Piano Lyrics and Chord symbols.

Christian Bourdon's new book features traditional and modern African rhythms for Conga, Tumba and Djembe. The focus is on special playing techniques (floating hand, 'bascules') with exercises for one and two players plus 3 solo pieces. / Conga - Tumba - Djembé

Capture the spirit of calypso zydeco bossa nova gospel jigs jazz and more with this unique collection of global rhythm styles. Each ensemble includes 3 to 4 rhythm parts for classroom percussion instruments and one part is always the pulse so even your youngest students can join in! There are also body percussion parts to help learn the rhythms before the instruments are distributed and when there aren't enough instruments to go around. Optional Orff instrument parts and piano are also included for additional layers of tone colour! The enclosed CD offers two recorded tracks for each groove: an instructional track and a play-along track without the percussioninstruments for the flexibility of adding any number of performers. PDFs of all the parts are also included on the Enhanced CD. All parts are 4 to 8 measures and once they are secure the parts can be layered in one-at-a-time in different orders. You decide! Then add your new world groove accompaniments to different songs in these styles from your music library! There is even an overall theme song called ?The Beat of the World? for your students to experience. Let the spirit groove you! Music grooves include: Calypso South African Hora Gospel Irish Jig Zydeco Rock and Roll Bossa Nova American Jazz Irish Reel. Available: Book/Enhanced CD. Suggested for grades 3-6.

A Cross-Cultural Curricular Supplement-A Cross-Cultural Curricular supplement. In just five short years WORLD MUSIC DRUMMING has become the hottest new addition to the school music curriculum in years. In thousands of classrooms (grades 3-12) across the U.S. andCanada teachers have found that this active hands-on approach really works. Through the teamwork approach to learning West African and Caribbean drum ensembles with songs and movement teachers are able to reach all of thestudents - even in middle school! Now comes Will Schmid's new book and playalong CD World Music Drumming: NEW ENSEMBLES AND SONGS that supplements the original World Music Drumming curriculum. These new pieces expand thedrumming spectrum to include new culture areas and contemporary drumming styles. All pieces and songs have been kid-tested by grades 3-12. Available Book/CD Pak.

The long awaited Mallet Percussion edition of this series. 12 Disney songs specially arranged for Mallet Percussion. Includes: Be Our Guest The Bells of Notre Dame Can You Feel the Love Tonight Colors of the Wind Friend like Me I Just Can't Wait to Be King Part of Your World Reflection Under the Sea You'll Be in My Heart (Pop Version) You've Got a Friend in Me Zero to Hero.

Used and endorsed by numerous college percussion programs, Reading Mallet Percussion Music by Rebecca Kite provides a solid foundation in the scales, arpeggios, and melodic patterns necessary for percussionists to get up to speed quickly in reading music in bass and treble clef. Kite has recorded each page of music which includes 30 technique exercises (more than three hours of music), that is included on the play-along CD. Students will hear what the music sounds like on the marimba and play along with Kite as they practice! There is also a special emphasis on developing speed reading techniques that gives each learner a fast track to reading fluency. The first two sections of the book contain original etudes by Rebecca Kite, written specifically for developing music reading music skills. Especially notable are the illustrations of the marimba keyboard with either a note or scale darkened so the student can identify them on the marimba on which they are playing. The music, all of which is composed for a four-octave marimba, is clearly written with large noteheads that will help the beginner in learning to read. The third section of the book contains thirty classic melodies that are presented in increasing difficulty and are arranged to use the entire four octave keyboard (including reading bass clef). The final section contains 30 technical exercises for two mallets for developing the skill to play the material in the book. For 2 mallets, 4.0 octave marimba. Here is what percussion teachers are saying about this book: 'Reading Mallet Percussion Music is an excellent book, well-written and organized for easy comprehension,' ---John Beck, Eastman School of Music (retired). 'Your two-mallet reading book is absolutely brilliant, and is now a required resource in my curriculum.' ---Kurt Gartner, Kansas State University. / Percussions

A superb cycle of 7 songs depicting the hero's stay on Grandma's farm somewhere in the Orkneys one summer. The songs tell of the farm chores nature and ghosts and are arranged for unison voices piano recorders and pitched or unpitched percussion. The songs can be used individually to link in with topic work or performed as an attractive concert item. Untuned percussion 2 part.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

A superb cycle of 7 songs depicting the hero's stay on Grandma's farm somewhere in the Orkneys one summer. The songs tell of the farm chores nature and ghosts and are arranged for unison voices piano recorders and pitched or unpitched percussion. The songs can be used individually to link in with topic work or performed as an attractive concert item. Untuned percussion 1 part.This is a special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.