Make a rap (rhythm, pulse) - Song
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Make a Rap (rhythm, pulse)
The children could, individually, take turns at being a rap star, making the chant into a rap by saying these words rhythmically, in time with the backing track below. It's quite fast!
- My buttons, my buttons, my four groovy buttons
- My buttons, my buttons, my three groovy buttons
- My buttons, my buttons, my two groovy buttons
- My buttons, my buttons, my one groovy button
- No buttons, not buttons ... NO groovy buttons
If you record these you will have an individual record of achievement for each child and you can select one of them for use in the next activity.
Paper Plate Percussion (rhythm, pulse)
Using one of the raps you recorded, everyone could practise patting their paper plate buttons together in time with the pulse. Pat the plates on the strong beats, like this:
My BUTTONS, my BUTTONS, my FOUR groovy BUTTONS
Beat means the same as pulse - the word, 'beat' is used more often in relation to popular music whereas 'pulse' is usually used for classical music.
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