P4 have been really busy in Music this term. As well as preparing for and performing at local community events, the class have been learning some traditional folk songs.

Below is a clip of an African folk song called ‘Obwisana’ from the country of Ghana. It is traditionally sung by children in a circle, where they pass rocks in time with the pulse of the music. We adapted this by using drum sticks to keep the pulse and we also composed our own four beat patterns.

The children’s performance below takes the form of (A) the song, (B) stick pattern 1, (A) song, (C) stick pattern 2, (A) song, (D) own four beat repeated pattern, (A) song and the ‘coda’ which we have learned is an Italian term used to describe the ending in a musical piece.