Boom Boom - Play What You Want

Boom, Boom - Play What You Want

About:

This is a great game to play early in a course. It is highly structured and gives students a chance to express their unique creativity. This is a great way to learn and explore the various sounds of the drum and voice sounds.

Often in starting a class, it is good to have something to play that is very accessible, simple and doable by everyone.

Boom, Boom rest rest. is a great pattern. To help students keep time, have them move

Purpose of this lesson:

Easy way to start playing patterns together. Set up a rhythm to work together as a group. Playing each rhythm 4 times sets up a kind of comforting orienting entrainment. Students come up with ideas contribute to the class. Address obligations, and freedoms. Natural energy, Adapted energy.

Prerequisites:

Stop Signal

Conducted stop. Or Break

Directions:

Boom, Boom rest rest. is a great pattern. To help students keep time, have them move during the rests.

Once students have gotten Boom Boom rest rest, Now play "Boom, Boom, clap clap clap".

This game is called 'Boom, Boom, do what you want' because the first part of each rhythm is 'Boom, Boom'. And the second part someone gets to make up. We will usually play each of these rhythms 4 times. This repetition of 4 times allows student to learn and get into the rhythm and people tend to hear groups of 4 as complete.

Start this with about four examples.

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Then, depending with where a group is in their development, I may ask for suggestions, from whoever is ready with a new pattern. "What's another pattern we can play after the Boom, Boom?

If the group is well warmed up and in a good flow, I might go around the circle. (let students know they can pass)

Glitches

Student(s) give a part that doesn't fit into 4 or eight beats.

This is one of the big challenges of live rhythmic music. Because of the math- certain rhythmic phrase fit into or don't fit into the pattern. And for many students the whole concept of this is very confusing. I recommend taking their part and changing so that it does fit into a 2, 4, or 8 beat cycle. As players gain experience, they begin to hear how certain beat cycles make sense, and fit or don't fit.

Needs Met:

Safety in the unison playing and the repetitive Boom, Boom, and a chance to create a unique �Do What you Want�

Neuroscience and Psycho-physiology Basis:

Free Child vs Adapted Child

Metaphor to explore:

Theme 'obligations, privileges and the relationship between fulfilling obligations and having privileges'.

Discussion can start in general what are obligations and privileges that some people have? what are privileges that some people have?

Obligations- chores tasks, school work. Privileges- playing, toys

and if appropriate, what are your specific obligations and privileges.

What are some obligations in life
What are your privileges?
What happens if people don�t fulfill their obligations?