Music is Everywhere - Music Video

Students learn a body percussion rondo.
A rondo is a piece of music with many different parts. The A section, the main part, repeats between each new part. The form looks like this: ABACA. Students will learn a percussion piece in this form using body percussion (snaps, claps, pats, stomps, etc.).

Transfer to unpitched instruments
Once the piece is secure with body percussion, students will transfer the rhythms to unpitched percussion instruments, such as drums, triangles, wood blocks, guiros, cabasas, shekeres, and cymbals.

Students use Flip Video cameras and go on a “sound safari” to find ordinary objects that could be used to make music
In small groups, students will take a Flip camera and go around the school looking for ordinary things that could be used to make percussion music. They will film each other as they explore the sounds they find. Places they might look would include the cafeteria, playground, classroom, etc.

The class reviews the found sounds and decides which parts of the rondo to record with which sounds
After the sound safari, the class as a whole will review the recordings of all the different sounds and decide which sounds they want to use for each section of the rondo.

Teacher uses Flip camera to record groups of students playing the rondo using the found sounds
Once the sounds for each section of the rondo are decided, the teacher will use the Flip camera to film groups of students playing each section of the rondo using the found sounds.

Recordings are edited into a music video.
The students and teacher will then edit the recordings and link them together to make a music video.