Week of April 13-17
This week in music we will be learning another game from Thailand and discussing Thai music rituals, instruments, and types of music.
I will be introducing our next big project in class on Thursday! Students will be working in groups of 4-5 students to compose and notate their own polyrhythm that they will teach to the class. Students will begin by having one student keep a steady beat and another make up a rhythm that has windows (musical space) in it for others to add to. Students will then improvise complementary rhythms until they create rhythms they like together and would like to use. Once a group has finalized their polyrhythm they will work together to create a symbolized notation of the piece (not exact musical notation). Finally they will teach the class!
The helpful hints for playing rhythm complements we have discussed are:
* Leave space for others (windows in your music)
* Play different patterns than other players
* Play in the holes
* Play above or below
* Play different tone colors
