Title: My Landlord Clap Game

My Landlord Clap Game

Beats:

1. clap own hands
2. clap right hands with your partner
3. clap own hands
4. clap left hands with your partner
5. clap own hands
6. clap both hands with your partner
7. cross your own hands on your shoulders
8. pat your own thighs

Say:

clap, right, clap, left, clap, both, cross, pat

When you learn the pattern, try it with a partner.

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My Landlord Desk Drum Game

• Beat 1: clap own hands
• Beat 2: drum right hand on the desk
• Beat 3: clap own hands
• Beat 4: drum left hand on the desk
• Beat 5: clap own hands
• Beat 6: drum both hands on the desk
• Beat 7: cross your own hands on your shoulders
• Beat 8: pat your own thighs

Say: clap, right, clap, left, clap, both, cross, pat

Drum this on the desk with your hands!

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Create an Accompaniment

• What is a non-pitched sound?
• Choose three non-pitched sounds – instruments or found sounds.
• Compose a steady beat pattern that is eight beats long to accompany the song using three sounds.
• Choose a tempo for the accompaniment.

largo, lento, adagio, andante, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto

(Very slow, very fast)

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Perform the Accompaniment

• Divide the class into two groups – one to sing, and one to play the accompaniment. Switch parts.
• Try both singing and playing!
• Do you like the accompaniment?
• Do you have any other ideas you’d like to try?

If/when possible, have small groups create an accompaniment and perform for the class.

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What is the song about?

• What is a landlord?
• What did the landlord do?
• Who is asking for money? Why?
• What does the person in the house do?

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Listen and respond

Listen to the Elvis Presley song, “Money Honey”

How does his arrangement of the song start?

• Does Elvis sing the same melody as you? Discuss.
• What instruments do you hear playing while he sings?
• Try playing your beat composition, or the clap game along with the music.

Title: MY LANDLORD BUCKET DRUM

My Landlord Bucket Drum

Swing

My landlord rang the front doorbell.

I let it ring for a long, long spell.

I went to the window. I peeked out the blind.

I asked that man what was on his mind.

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My Landlord Bucket Drum

A

RLRLRLR RLRLRER.

He said, “Money honey, 00 00 00 ee.”

He said, “Money honey, 00 00 00 ee.”

If you want to get along with me,

If you want to get along with me.”