7th grade. This week we'll do some drumming and learn a new cup rhythms, one that is based ont he Mambo Bell pattern. It is performed to Carlos Santana's Oye Como Va, fun!! We are starting a unit on Baroque music. We'll read a biography and see a video onthe music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
6th grade. This week we'll begin our studyof music based onthe music and instruments of West Africa. We'll dived the continent into four musical areas and start with learning a song called "Take Time in Life."