| Approach: One
to one |
| Focus:
Identifying
a beat in a piece of music and hitting a drum in time with it. |
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312k |
Resources:
Drum, beater, video
recording on a laptop computer. |
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Questions
/ instructions:
In this activity
you will be playing the drum to the beat of some music.
Let’s watch the video. It will tell you what to do.
Mö tënei mahi, kei te patu koe
i tëtahi pahü, ki te patu o ëtahi puoro. Mätakiria
te ataata. Mä te ataata e whakaatu me aha koe.
Ensure
that the drum is visible to camera —
the view is not obstructed by the computer screen.
Click the Play button to start the video.
The video shows a student identifying the beat in a musical
example and hitting a drum in time with it. Subsequently, three
pieces of music are played and the student is asked to hit the
drum in time with a beat in each piece.
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%
responses
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GEd
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MI
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| 1. |
“Dharpa
Tree”’ from Yothu Yindi’s “Tribal Voice” |
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establishing
a steady beat: |
achieved
quickly |
44 |
85 |
|
eventually
achieved |
33 |
10 |
| not
achieved |
23 |
8 |
| did
beat fit with music? |
yes |
71 |
84 |
|
no
|
29 |
16 |
| 2. |
“Soulflower”
from Emma Paki, “Tribal Stomp” |
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|
|
establishing
a steady beat: |
achieved
quickly |
39 |
47 |
|
eventually
achieved |
27 |
37 |
| not
achieved |
34 |
16 |
| did
beat fit with music? |
yes
|
62 |
76 |
|
no
|
38 |
24 |
| 3. |
“Spring”
from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”
|
|
|
|
establishing
a steady beat:
|
achieved
quickly |
21 |
26 |
|
eventually
achieved |
18 |
27 |
| not
achieved |
61 |
47 |
| did
beat fit with music? |
yes
|
35 |
47 |
|
no
|
65 |
53 |
Commentary:
Mäori students in Mäori immersion (MI) settings scored statistically
significantly higher than did Mäori students in general education
(GEd) settings. MI students were much more successful with the first piece
of music, and a little more successful with the other two pieces. |
