This week Year 6 began their Samba music lessons. They started off using the skins, which helped them to understand the difference between beat and rhythm. This will progress over the coming weeks and will see the children using the full range of Samba instruments including: Snare drum, Bass drum, Wood block, Tambourine, Cuícas (a type of friction drum), Pandeiro (a type of hand frame drum), Surdo (a type of bass drum) and Tamborim de Brasil (Brazilian frame drum).
Samba is South American music style that is always performed with lots of percussion instruments. Every member of the ensemble has a specific role as the music often involves the layering of different rhythms over each other.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can.
Article 31: You have the right to play and rest.
