Samba and Gamelan: Music from Brazil and Indonesia

Categories: Key Stage 2, Music
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About Course

Travel the world through music! Children discover the booming drums and whistle signals of Brazilian samba and the shimmering gongs and metallophones of Indonesian gamelan, compare how both traditions build music from repeating layers, and create a layered piece of their own.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Learn about two musical traditions from the DfE Model Music Curriculum listening list
  • Name key samba and gamelan instruments and their jobs
  • Understand layers, cycles, call and response and interlocking parts
  • Create and perform a layered group piece using body percussion or household instruments

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Samba: The Sound of Brazil
  • Gamelan: The Sound of Indonesia
  • Compare and Create

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