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Make it and play it!

Students learn about, make and use percussion instruments.

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Popcorn and other suites

Popcorn and other suites is a K-6 creative arts resource developed in the 1970s in big book format to introduce music notation. It has been digitally remastered for a new generation of learners. The resource contains 10 animated musical scores, along with a user information guide and video.

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World rhythms: tabla

This is a teaching and learning activity to construct and play a tabla or tube-la (double drum). The activity provides a brief history of the tabla, information about the materials needed to make it, time required, assessment strategies, the construction process, how to play the instrument and extension ideas. Tabla artefacts ...

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My Place - Episode 23: 1788: Waruwi, Little drummer boy

This 3-minute film clip is from the ABC My Place series. Set in 1788, it traces the fictional experiences of a young Aboriginal girl, Waruwi, and Dan, a boy from the First Fleet. This clip shows Waruwi as she takes Dan's boots while he is in the river but does not find them to be very comfortable. She also encounters a ...