Unit 2: Caribbean (Instrumental lessons)

Learning about the history and features of Calypso music, performing a calypso style song with voices and tuned percussion in multiple parts and playing from staff notation. 

Lessons

Lesson 1: What is Calypso?

To understand the main features of Calypso music

Lesson 2: What’s the story?

To improvise a vocal part in the style of a Calypso

Lesson 3: Instrumental Calypso

To understand how and why percussion instruments can be used in Calypso music

Lesson 4: Calypso quavers

To recognise and perform quavers from staff notation

Lesson 5: Pentatonic Calypso

To improvise in a Calypso style using a pentatonic scale

Key skills

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  • Discussing the stylistic
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  • To know the key
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