AnUnexpectedVisitor Part3

8/15/2019 AnUnexpectedVisitor Part3

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"Here is an instru-ment called a

shaker.And here are somemaracas, anotherLatin Americaninstrument."

"Nice."


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hythm is very

important topercussioninstruments.Different styles of

music have differentrhythmic patterns."


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"What is rhythm?"asked Davka.

"Rhythm is soundsand silences over aperiod of time."

"Huh?"


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"When I played a percussion

instrument you heard both sounds andsilences.Sometimes the sounds came fast andother times there were longer periods

of silence. This pattern of sounds andsilences form rhythm."


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"Play me some examples."

"OK. As I said, many rhythmic patternsare dance related. This one is the chacha."

"The cha cha is a Latin dance. Rhythmis very prominent in Latin dances. Hereare some other Latin dance rhythms."


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"What's that?"asked Davka.

"That's thebeguine."

"I like that one alot." said Davka.


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"Here's another nice one. It's calledthe bossa nova."

"And here are some faster ones. Thisone is a rhumba."

"And here is a samba."

"And now the merengue."


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"And of course, thetango.

"Are rhythmicpatterns onlyLatin?"


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"No. All cultures and nationalities have

rhythmic patterns. Here are someAmerican examples. First, the alwayspopular swing rhythm."

"My mom and dad like swing." saidDavka


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"If they like swing they will also likethese rhythms. Here is a Dixielandrhythm."

"Here is a jazz ballad."

"And here is a jazz waltz."


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"Do you know any hip rhythms. You

know, new stuff, not the ancient." saidDavka.

"Sure, here's some hip hop."

"That's cool!" exclaimed Davka. "Yourfamily really does get along."


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"Yes. That's the beauty of rhythm. Wecan mix and match into any patternwith any member of the percussionfamily. Here's an example with a little

bit of everything."


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"That's really neat! You can really mixrhythms together and they get a longand sound well together." exclaimedDavka.

Knock knock!


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Danny and Davka looked at each other. Whos there? they both asked.

Davka and Danny opened the door.


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"We found you." said Paulo the piano.

"I got lost." said Danny. "This is myfriend Davka."

"Hi." said Davka.

"I've been teaching Davka about thepercussion family of instruments."


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"Nice." replied Olivia the oboe. "It'sgetting close to concert time. Weshould be leaving soon."

"Let's all play some music for Davka.She's been very nice to me."


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"OK!" the entire

orchestra yelled."We'll play you asong and we promise

to come back andvisit you."

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