Polynesia
Displaying 1 to 7 of 7 resources labelled with 'Polynesia'
Track 25 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Traditional chanting from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) from Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia', recorded by David Fanshawe (3'05")
Main features: rhythmic chanting, use of dramatic pauses.
This Polynesian piece features an ancient style of chanting, accompanying a war dance. The five learning tracks of the Track Explorer focus on the conch shells, the voice of the leader, rhythms, dramatic pauses and the drama of the ending.
Official classification: Listening, Movement (Clapping, Tapping, Dance, Body percussion), Dance, Key Stage 3, Pacific, Conch, Chanting, Polynesia, Track Explorer, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 9 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Traditional chant from Mangaia, Cook Islands from Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia' (1'24")
Main features: structure, pulse.
This traditional chant from Mangaia, features a call and response between a solo singer and a group of singers, accompanied by clapping. The Track Explorer has two learning tracks focusing on clapping and structure.
Official classification: Listening, Example Voices, Call and response, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Pacific, Chanting, Choral (World), Polynesia, Unit 8 Ongoing Skills, Unit 15 Ongoing Skills, Unit 19 Songwriter, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 7 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 3. Hawaiian chant from Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia' recorded by David Fanshawe (2'13") Main features: repeating rhythm patterns, rhythmic chanting. This music features rhythmic chanting and a pai ipu (a skinless drum). The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, the eight beat rhythm pattern and linking rhythm patterns.
Official classification: Listening, Interactive Activities, Rapping, Pa, Chanting, Polynesia, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 30 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 2. Music from Aitutaki, Cook Islands from Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia' (2'37")
Main features: instrumentation, structure. Music from Aitutaki, Cook Islands from Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia' (2'37")
Main features: instrumentation, structure.
This exciting Polynesian music is a drum dance, with driving, incessant rhythms. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, rhythm sections, drum stick 'signals' and pauses.
Official classification: Listening, Dance, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Pacific, Polynesia, Slit drums, Track Explorer, 4a Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - aural memory, 4b Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding - elements and devices, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 1 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Traditional chant from Easter Island (Rapa Nui), from Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia' (1'03") Main features: chanting, repeating rhythm patterns.
This Polynesian chant from Easter Island is sung by mixed voices and accompanied by the sound of clapping stones. The Track Explorer has three learning tracks focusing on the rhythms of the stones, the voice of Papa Kiko and the other voices.
Official classification: Listening, Rhythm, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, French Polynesia, Chanting, Polynesia, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Track 17 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Listen to this' for Key Stage 1. Drumming and chanting from the Cook Islands from, Saydisc album 'Spirit of Polynesia' (2'48") Main features: instrumentation, changes in tempo. This lively traditional dance music from the Northern Cook Islands features a male voice accompanied by drums made from wood and tin. The Track Explorer has four learning tracks focusing on instrumentation, the voice of the leader, drums and pauses.
Official classification: Drums, Listening, Tempo, Interactive Activities, Key Stage 1, Male, Polynesia, Track Explorer, Curriculum support, Charanga, Saydisc Records, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
This Listen and Respond resource is one of a range of resources relating to track 25 of the Saydisk 'Listen To This, KS3' world music recordings. It is suitable for use on first listening. The Active Listening points suggest specific (differentiated) things for pupils to listen out for as the music plays through.
Three further menu items show texts with missing words that users choose from a pop-up list of alternatives. A correct choice is signalled with a green highlight, so it is possible to learn basic background musical information through intelligent self-discovery. More detailed understanding and follow-up activities are available through other resources based on the same piece - please search the title of the track to find these.
Official classification: Interactive Activities, Conch, Chanting, Body Percussion, Polynesia, Curriculum support, Saydisc/Charanga World Music
Tags: rhythmic chant, dramatic silence, pauses, call and respone, body percussion, haka, pacific, polynesia, conch, dissonant, sea sounds
Displaying 1 to 7 of 7 resources labelled with 'Polynesia'