South and West Africa

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Shosholoza a cappella

  • To sing a traditional African song unaccompanied.

Lesson 2: Playing Shosholoza

  • To use tuned percussion to play a chord progression.

Lesson 3: The Shosholoza show

  • To use vocals or tuned percussion to perform a piece of music as an ensemble.

Lesson 4: Drumming away to Africa

  • To play call and response rhythms using percussion instruments.

Lesson 5: Eight-beat breaks

  • To create an eight-beat break to play within a performance.

Key skills

  • Recognising and confidently discussing
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Key knowledge

  • To know that songs
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Key vocabulary

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