Conch
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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 4 from Charanga / Saydisc / Christine Richards project - 'Religions of the World' (3'07") Tibetan Bon-po singing bowls. This piece features traditional Tibetan instruments such as a conch, yak-horn and singing bowls. The Track Explorer has one learning track focusing on the instruments.
Official classification: Listening, Example Instruments, Religion, Devotion & Meditation, Interactive Activities, Japan, Conch, Tibet, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Track Explorer, Buddhism, Yak Horn, Gong, 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 3 of 3 resources labelled with 'Conch'