Body Music & Body Percussion
Learn the foundations of body percussion, music theory, and counting systems in this course by Giovanni Gargini. Explore non-conventional music notation and learn four body-music songs. Perfect for teachers, musicians, dancers, and actors. Enjoy the learning process and reach out with any questions.
What you’ll learn
- Body percussion sounds & techniques
- Funk/Brazilian Grooves
- Sing & Play songs with scores
- Downbeat & Upbeat
- Rhythmic-emotional memory
- Non-conventional music notation
- Creativity and improvisation
- Rhythm Theory
- Games for children & boys
- Counting technique
- Circular Rhythm
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My name is Giovanni Gargini, and I play drums, piano, sing, and teach body percussion and Feldenkrais Method®.
In this course we’ll learn the foundations of body percussion, focusing on body sounds & technique, music theory, and counting systems.
We go deep into understanding what is a groove, and learn how to feel and internalize it.
Then we explore a non-conventional music notation system, and finally we put it all together to learn four body-music songs.
Chapters:
Body sounds:
Tutorials for sounds with your:
Heads
Hands
Body
Feet
Rhythm theory:
Pulse & division
Downbeat & upbeat
Counting techniques
Drumset sounds
Circular rhythms
Feel the beat:
Subdivisions: 8th note, 8th note triplet, 16th note
Grooves with the feet
Switching feels
Straight vs. swing feel
Music notation
Non-conventional notation system
Worksheets to create your own rhythms
Subdivision exercises for: Quarter note, 8th note, 8th note triplet, 16th note
Crazy grooves!
Sing & play
Sing melodies & play body percussion at the same time!
Learn grooves from around the world:
Samba
Ijesha
Coco
Second Line
“Sing & Play” body music arrangements:
Peixinhos do Mar
Thula Mama
Siyahamba
When the Saints Go Marching In
Practicing body percussion can be very challenging and frustrating in the beginning as we dive into new ideas, techniques, and plenty of independence and coordination challenges for your body. Just remember that the goal is to enjoy, so relax, smile, breathe and keep going!
I wish you the best in this new learning process.
Feel free to reach out with any questions that come up along the way!
Good luck, and thank you for choosing this course.
All the best,
Giovanni
Who this course is for:
- Teachers of kindergarten, primary and secondary school
- Music teachers
- Dancers
- Actors
- Musicians
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