World Drumming Ensemble 3 | Madison College Outline of Instruction

20805281 World Drumming Ensemble 3

Course Information

Description

The World Drumming Ensemble is a high-energy ensemble that focuses on world drumming techniques and styles, ensemble listening skills, and techniques for creative improvisation. Warm-up activities, dexterity exercises, traditional music, and contemporary compositions lead a public performance at the end of the semester.

Total Credits

Course Competencies (Course Outcomes)

Analyze rhythmic patterns

Assessment Strategies

Skill Demonstration

Criteria

you play instruments as assigned

you perform notated rhythms in duple meter

you perform notated rhythms in triple meter

you perform notated rhythms in quadruple meter

you perform rhythms in call-and-response form

you perform rhythms with syncopation

you perform polyrhythms

you compose rhythms on time-keeping instruments according to prescribed guidelines

you compose interlocking rhythms on World Drumming Ensemble drums
Execute appropriate sounds on World Drumming Ensemble instruments

Assessment Strategies

Skill Demonstration, Performance

Criteria

you perform open tones using correct technique

you perform bass tones using correct technique

you perform muffled slap tones using correct technique

you perform unmuffled slap tones using correct technique

you perform damp tones using correct technique

you perform with correct technique on multiple Brazilian samba drums

you compose rhythms for World Drumming Ensemble drums that incorporate open tones

you compose rhythms for World Drumming Ensemble drums that incorporate bass tones

you compose rhythms for World Drumming Ensemble drums that incorporate slap tones
Create improvised rhythms on World Drumming Ensemble drums

Assessment Strategies

Skill Demonstration, Performance (ensemble concert)

Criteria

you incorporate open tones in improvisation

you incorporate bass tones in improvisation

you incorporate muffled slap tones in improvisation

you incorporate unmuffled slap tones in improvisation

you incorporate damp tones in improvisation

you perform a solo at a louder volume than the ensemble

you perform a solo with appropriate rhythmic constructions

you perform a solo employing call-and-response patterns

you perform a solo incorporating borrowed divisions
Perform World Drumming Ensemble composition in ensemble

Assessment Strategies

Performance (ensemble concert)

Criteria

you attend and perform in a dress rehearsal

you perform assigned parts at appropriate volume level

you perform assigned parts at appropriate tempo

you perform assigned parts with others

you serve as section leader on Brazilian samba drums