#7 China, Chinese Music Ideas
- (Updated as of 7/18/15)
- Books
- Songs
- Dance
- Dragons
- Ideas, Lessons
- Chinese New Year
- Percussion
- Resources, Recordings, Ideas
- Videos
- Web Sites, Links
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BOOKS
03/03 Chinese Nursery rhymes: http://www.newton.mec.edu/Angier/DimSum/Poetry%20Nursery%20Lesson.html
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BOOK: SING AND PLAY ON SPECIAL DAYS - [In this book] there is a beautiful Chinese Spring Song. It can be used for Chinese New Year, but it is really about Spring. It is pentatonic, and is easily learned by rote on recorder. The Orff accompaniment was written by Judy Sills. (The book has 67 songs, games and activities for music classes throughout the year 11 songs for choir/piano, 20 games, 8 Orff arrangements, edited by Judy Sills, many poems and readings for special days all year long - fall, Thanksgiving, Mothers Day, graduation Sing & Play book #128 $14.95 Sing & Play performance/accompaniment CD #129 $14.95 The CD for Sing & Play is a split track CD - the vocal performance guide is on the left channel, and the accompaniments only are on the right side. 02/03 Story: "The Empty Pot" in 'Asian Week' publication archives: 01/02 SHARE WORLD MUSIC-SONGS FROM ASIA AND OCEANIA: [This book] actually has Hmong songs, including one for Hmong New Year called "Ua Txiab". It gives a reference for a web site about Hmong culture
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/cdr/hmong
I haven't checked out the site, though. According to the Asian celebration calendar in the book, Hmong New Year is celebrated in Laos, China, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
Festivities last from October until January; one clan or village celebrates it at a time so others may tour and take part. The Hmong traditionally toss an orange back and forth with a partner as they sing "Ua Txiab".It's a pretty cool book. It could probably be ordered from a state adopted texts list, or contact McGraw Hill http://www.mmhschool.com/products/mus3.html
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01/02 THE LION'S ROAR, a book/audio cd set on Chinese luogu (percussion) ensembles. By Han Kuo Huang and Pat Shehan Campbell, it includes drumming pieces appropriate for Lion and Dragon dances, a couple of songs and instrumental pieces (easy), photos, mnemonic chants for learning the pieces, and a companion CD with a Chinese ensemble led by the author playing everything in the book. It is available from Music K8 Marketplace, West Music, John's Music and other dealers. (I am the publisher.)It doesn't include instruction in steps, but does have photos, and an optional set of slides showing ensembles in Taiwan dancing.
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DRAGON TALES AND OTHER ANIMAL FABLES OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC
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SONGS
01/04 SONG sung to the tune of "Frere Jacques":Two tigers, two tigers,
Run quickly, run quickly,
One does not have ears, the other does not have tail
Songs of China by Gloria J. Kiester & Martha Chrisman Riley MMB Music, Inc.
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06/06 PARODIES for Chinese New Year: (preschool) http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems54.html---------------------------------
Chinese New Year: Posted from Suite 101 (no longer available):
The Chinese New Year, which falls on February 7 this year, is a festival quiet with the hope of good fortune, yet booming with the spectacle of exploding firecrackers and dancing dragons. It is marked not only by number (4695) but also by animal. According to Chinese legend, Buddha invited all the creatures in his kingdom to appear before him. The 12 animals who completed the journey--the rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, serpent, horse, sheep, monkey, cock, dog and pig--were each honored for their presence with rotating names of the year: 1997 is the Year of the Ox; 2000 will be the Year of the Dragon. People prepare for the holiday by cleaning their homes, paying their debts, buying new clothing and cooking enormous feasts. Many individuals spiritually and physically sweep away all traces of bad luck from the previous year. Parents encourage children to stay awake as long as their eyes will remain open. Legend says that the longer children battle sleep, the longer their parents will live. At midnight, firecrackers, paper-dragon dances, parades and red clothing commemorate the legend of Nain, a mythical beast who terrorized villagers once every year. The din that is created is meant to drive away any lingering devils or spirits. This year, celebrate the New Year with a few projects that kids can do every day: a Chinese game of Rock, Paper, Scissors; a signature stamp; and a batch of Chinese dumplings.
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
For as long as most of us can remember, kids have been trying to one-up each other in the game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. In China, children take it a step further. Here's how: Two kids sit side by side at the bottom of a short staircase. On the count of three, both of them must throw one hand forward in the form of a rock (a fist), paper (fingers held together, straight out) or scissors (forefinger and middle finger in a "V"). Following the logic that paper covers rock, rock breaks scissors and scissors cut paper, the player who presents the winning symbol in that round moves up one step. If both kids display the same symbol, it's considered a tie. Play continues in this manner until one child reaches the top step and wins the game.
STAMP YOUR NAME
When a Chinese artist signs his paintings, he uses a carved stone block--or chop--to print his symbol on the canvas. To personalize her art or stationery, your child can make a decorative signature stamp out of Styrofoam and cardboard. First, your child should write her initials on tracing paper, making the letters as ornate as she likes or incorporating them into a unique design. Next, place the paper printed-side down on a clean Styrofoam meat tray. Trace over the design with a pen, bearing down to leave an impression in the Styrofoam. Cut out the design, leaving a narrow border all the way around, and glue it onto a piece of cardboard trimmed to the same size.
For a handle, glue a tissue tube to the back. Then, press the stamp onto an ink pad and it's ready to use.
STEAMED DUMPLINGS
During the Chinese New Year this month, families in China will feast on jiaozi, delectable meat-filled dumplings. With this easy recipe, you can prepare a batch to serve at a family celebration of your own. Or, in true Chinese fashion, invite your neighbors to share a platter full while you ring in the new year.
3 stalks Chinese cabbage; 2 scallions; 1 tbsp. soy sauce; 1 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. cornstarch; 1 lb. lean ground pork; 1 10-oz. package prepared
dumpling wrappers (available at Asian food stores)
Finely chop the Chinese cabbage and scallions, and put them in a mixing bowl. Add the soy sauce, salt, cornstarch and pork. Mix well with a spoon. Place 1 teaspoon of filling on each wrapper. Fold the wrappers into half circles.
Moisten the inside edges with water, and press them together to seal. In a large pot, bring 2 quarts of water to a boil. Drop in the dumplings and cover. When the water resumes boiling, add 1 cup of cold water. Repeat this step twice. When the water boils for the third time, the dumplings will be done. Serve with 1/4 cup soy sauce mixed with 2 tablespoons white vinegar. Makes 4 dozen dumplings.
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SONG: CHINESE NEW YEAR (www.musick8.com) I don't have any gongs but I tied a piece of string to my cymbals, and we played them as suspended cymbals with a yarn mallet along with the song. We also added temple blocks. I don't believe I am the only one to do this, as I got the idea from the list, but I was impressed with my "gongs"! :) The students were quite excited, I must say, with such a simple activity! Of course, that's probably because they all wanted to be the ones to come up front and play :) I then made a ribbon streamer for each student to dance with. I got paper straws from the art teacher, and went to WalMart and bought some ribbon. I bought skinny 6mm wide ribbon due to monetary concerns, but I would prefer and suggest the ribbon be at least 1/2" wide. I got red, black, purple and green and cut 1 yard sections, then stapled one ribbon to a straw. Voila! We had ribbon streamers to dance with! We practiced figure eights, made circles, and made it dance on the floor like a dragon. We did this for "Chinese New Year" as well as some other chinese music. The students seemed to really like the ribbons! Everyone participated, and my little troublemaker was the best of all! I made one for each student to keep and they seemed excited about that. I think I will make some of my own to use with other classes! The only problem was that the straws were flimsy and did break a little, and like I said, I would use wider ribbon.
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RONDO: children locate their animal on the Zodiac acrostics-self poem using zodiac sign eg.
S-sensitive
N-nice
A-attractive
K-kind
E-egocentric
A- children play a song creation on G pentatonic with rhythmic instruments
B- child reads poem
A- song piece
The Chinese New Year begins with the new moon of the lunar calendar. Days before are spent in preparation and include cleaning, planting, settling old accounts and cooking for the feast. On New Year's day, children paint pictures of favorite gods and parade them in the streets. Fire crackers are lit in front of houses to chase away evil spirits. People go to the temples to pray for their ancestors and to ask for good fortune. For 305 days there are Lion Dances to bring good luck. The lantern festival is celebrated on the 13-15th days.
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One of my best gong "found sound" sources is my metal dust pan. No kidding, it resonates for a long time. I hit it with a xylophone mallet. Two weeks ago I had my second graders march around like a Chinese dragon (box  over head, decorated like a dragon head, and a long green sheet with hula hoops) We played the chinese New years parade music from Share the music 2nd grade. Then those really HDHD kids had the most important role of pummeling bubble wrap on the floor to sound like fire crackers. They are still begging to do it all again. Save that bubble wrap for next year folks. It was a riot. --- Listee, MK8 NewsletterBACK to China, Chinese Music topics
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06/09 SONGS ONLINE: http://www.cyloong.com/multicultural/chinese/On this site there are songs with lyrics, mp3 files and some great links to info.k --- Laura Bartolomeo
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06/09 LANTERN TEMPLATE: I found a printable lantern template - you can copy in b&w or colour...
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/h_chinese-new-year.htm
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Article and sound file for 9000 year old flute: http://www.shakuhachi.com/K-9KChineseFlutes-Articles.html
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08/04 PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLE: The Lion's Roar: Chinese Luogu Percussion Ensembles by Han Kuo Huang and Patricia Shehan Campbell, published by World Music Press, and available from your favorite dealers including Music K8 Marketplace. Some of the more advanced selections need adapting, but many of the introductory pieces are fine for elementary school. The included CD has the chanted percussion phrase and then the same phrase played by Han's percussion ensemble on traditional instruments. It also includes a couple of selections for melody instruments and percussion, with ribbon dance patterns that work nicely with the pieces. Judith Cook Tucker, Publisher
World Music Press (ASCAP), www.worldmusicpress.com
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06/04 SONGS: Music K8 has a wonderful song called, Chinese New (8:3).
Each class has made a dragon, capable of "housing" the entire class, and they walk around the auditorium while the rest of the primary grades sing a song called "Dragon Dance" (or maybe See the Dragon Come on a hundred legs . . .). That is the finale. I've had other grades play a bordun on the Orff instruments for this one.
The Ribbon Dance song ("in the streets of Chinatown, ribbon sticks go round and round").
The Red Chopsticks song, using red rhythm sticks to play the steady beat ("10 red pairs of chopsticks shining so bright").
Another class does one called the Chinese Fan, that's not really Chinese, but it's about a fan, and they use fans while they sing ("my ship came from China with a cargo of tea, all laden with treasures for you and for me").
A song about a Panda ("I am a panda, big and round, big and round. I eat bamboo and roll on the ground, roll on the ground").
The Heritage Songster book has a couple of Chinese songs. Ditto one published by CAKE called Puppet Power (from West Music).American Methodology has a song called Yangtze Boatman's chantey.
You could use the Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker.
Maybe Chopsticks on the Orff instruments, especially if you have children older than my kindergarten. - Contributed by Julie Jones
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01/02 NEW YEAR: Share the Music has the authentic music and an excellent explanation. There are great pictures in their music book. I think it is in grade 2.
There is another great book called Chinese New Year that is in paperback from Scholastic. It shows the New Year's customs in San Francisco.
Topic search Chinese New Year on the Internet. I remember a teacher running a site called School Bell has it on her website.
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01/02 "Chinese Ribbon Dance"Red being a color of celebration, I understand the notes listing it as such. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlNMYLfiAkc
INSTRUCTIONS: http://users.rowan.edu/~conet/rhythms/culturaldances/chineseribbondance.html
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01/02 SYMBOLS: The difference between the dragon and the lion...the Dragon, Gum Loong, is the ultimate mythical male figure who is paired with the Phoenix the female figure. Myth says that one goes through many forms and lives to ultimately reach this stage. The Lion is the guardian animal of lesser rank than the Dragon. All of this is mythology. Great stories to tell.As for your local authentic Chinese family that owns a market their kid may be relying on you to give them the right story. As for the Chinese new year's practice amongst ethnically Chinese here in America, what you tell them from what you learned may be new to them. It sure was to me. If one were living in the Motherland then this is the custom but away from the Motherland, one gets potluck. Being Asian in American for the longest time was not a good thing to be as movies tell. I did buy the MK8 Chinese New Year magazine and music. Here again it was not authentic as one gets from Share the Music.
So if you make it up then just say you made it up so kids don't get mixed up. The Chinese Dragon is benevolent, good and the opposite of the European Dragon.
Dancing lesson --- this is Tai Chi, martial arts. There is a group in the Pasadena/Southern California Area where one can attend Dragon Dance schooling. One can learn the drumming and movements. I found them at a World Tai Chi Day demonstration.
There is a book with CD that I think MK 8 has but West Music definitely carries that has Chinese drumming and steps. This is authentic with explanations of Chinese drumming notations, drumming techniques and steps with pictures.
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01/02 THE LION DANCE actually has a "story" to it, and multiple characters. Involves a lion , priest, money ("good luck"), a child and lots of noise with the gongs.
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MAKING A DRAGON: I made one from a cardboard box, cutting out the mouth area, gluing on a small box on top for the forehead, adding 2 styrofoam balls (about 4" in diameter) in front of the small box for the eyes. I papier-mached the whole thing (nothing fancy, just newsprint and flour and water), and painted it with yellow, orange and red paint, adding details with a glitter pen. I put gold tinsel coming out of the mouth for fire. It really is beautiful, and has lasted many years. The body was a sheet (easy to get donated from hotels or linen companies), with large scallops cut on the sides and one end. I spray painted it with yellow and painted the scallops with red, and drew in scales with a permanent magic marker. The paint gave the sheet more body. I sewed ties n the inside where we attached hoola hoops. The children held the hoola hoops and could make his body "dance" by moving it up and down.
Last year, I took a carton that would fit over a child's head, and decorated it with red ribbon for the tail that hung down in the back, and covered it in all sorts material to make it look like a dragon. I used it with the piece from Share The Music grade 4 about Chinese New Year. The kids loved it!
Chinese New Year - MK8 song (#8-3) My students love the song called "The Chinese New Year" in vol.8 of MusicK-8. I use it with grades1-3. We add instruments with grades 2 and 3, but in 1st grade I just use ribbon wands that I made. I used 1 yd. lengths of ribbon and stapled them to tongue-depressors (they're bigger than popsicle sticks, but you could probably use those too). It works well if you have a heavy-duty stapler! I've used fabric ribbon and also the Christmas red velvet ribbon (though it tends to split more easily). I have the 1st graders scattered or in a circle and we make letter shapes to the beat for each verse and then I let them choose a shape for the last verse. Another time we stand in a circle, moving in and out to the beat while lifting our ribbon wands up and down. They love it! They also enjoy clicking their tongue to the temple block rhythm. They really stay focused for all 5 verses. My 2nd and 3rd graders are so excited when they see the ribbons again, because they liked it so well in 1st grade. I still use ribbon wands with some of them and also add the xylophones, temple blocks and gong.
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01/02 Dragon/Lion Dance is a customary New year's tradition. A custom of warding away evil spirits and bring good luck. It happens at grand opening, weddings, store opening and especially at New Years in Chinese communities. Stores give money to benefit some worthy charity. Lion eats money hanging from lettuce over door front. Owner lowers money when the dancer has danced to owner's approval. Characters: dragon, monk, drummers and dancers and the pearl of wisdom.
Lots of noise is fireworks to ward away evil spirits. To get good luck you have scare all the bad spirits away.
Currently in Vietnamese and Chinese Communities you can go into markets or stores to get stuff for the New year. You can find the Firecracker motifs, dragon motifs to hang up. There are variations of Japanese dragon, vietnamese, and chinese dragons.
I love the Dragon and the sounds of Chinese dragon music. There can be no substitute for the rhythmic drumming that is so distinctive. You can go anywhere in the world and recognize this sound. I will be sad to hear let's make the drumming up. That's like killing the national anthem in my Chinese dragon lovin ears!!!!
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01/02 There are kits of masks of animals (foam core)that are in the Oriental trading magazine. I also found some kits at Walmart in the craft section. You could also check with your primary teachers for mask ideas. Also, there maybe would be a paper bag mask craft book at your library. Awhile ago, there was a book for making costumes on the discount table at Borders (really last year...).
I have had more success with masks on large popsicle sticks and not worry about the face type masks.
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HMONG PEOPLE
01/02 BOOK: "Share World Music - Songs from Asia and Oceania". It actually has Hmong songs, including one for Hmong New Year called "Ua Txiab". It gives a reference for a web site about Hmong culture
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/cdr/hmong
I haven't checked out the site, though. According to the Asian celebration calendar in the book, Hmong New Year is celebrated in Laos, China, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
Festivities last from October until January; one clan or village celebrates it at a time so others may tour and take part. The Hmong traditionally toss an orange back and forth with a partner as they sing "Ua Txiab". It's a pretty cool book. It could probably be ordered from a state adopted texts list, or contact McGraw Hill http://www.mmhschool.com/products/mus3.html
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"I have about 50 Hmong children at my school. The families of Hmong children only moved to Monroe, GA within the last two years. In October 2 fifth grade Hmong children brought me two hymnals from their church and I was able to find the Christmas songs in both hymnals. The two girls taught how to say the words for Silent Night in Hmong which I taught to first graders to sing as part of our Christmas program. I recently got "Bridges to Asia," a Silver Burdett Ginn publication which has two volumes, primary and upper elementary. There are some Hmong activities in both books. I have seen the book Hmong Folk Tales and hope to arrange some of the tales with rhythm instruments or easy Orff accompaniments.
"Hmongs don't have a country. Going back 2,000 yrs ago they lived in the mountains of China. Then when aggression was forced on them they moved towards Cambodia, and Vietnam. During the Vietnam War the Hmongs fought with the Americans. We brought some to the US but not all. Many moved to Laos and were put in refuge camps. Many suffered persecution when left in Vietnam. There are large Hmong communities in California and Minnesota.
"I recently read the book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman. It talks about a Hmong family in California whose daughter has epilepsy. Now the hospitals have Hmong interpreters but at the time there wasn't and the parents didn't understand what to do. The book gets into the Hmong traditions and beliefs. Many Hmong Americans are Christians but some are still into traditions of having a shaman and sacrificing animals.. In back issues of National Geographic there are articles about the Hmong."
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IDEAS, LESSONS
10/08 NAMES - the kids have been learning how to write their name in Chinese. We find our name and then copy and paste it into word, print it off and they practice writing it. It has been tons of fun
http://www.chinese-tools.com/names - Regina L. Bell
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01/04 ACTIVITIES: When I do my unit on Chinese music/Chinese New Year with my 2nd graders, I share the folk tale of how the order of animals was determined. I also look up which animal goes with the years of their birth. For K-3, if you figure out the animals for 1994 through 1998, you'll probably cover most of your kids. They like knowing which animal is "theirs" You can get this info from just about any Chinese New Year website. I'll bet your library media specialist also has books about Chinese New Year to which you can refer. If you can give some personality characteristics for each animal/year, your kids will think that is too cool. (I share only the positive ones.)
We brainstorm a list of common traditions for New Year's celebrations in America: fireworks, partying with friends/family, special foods/drinks, singing "Auld Lang Syne", etc. Then I share a list of common traditions for the Chinese New Year, and we match them up with our own. The kids can see that while the date is different, and some beliefs are different, the same kinds of things are important to us: family, friends, sharing time together, wishing each other well. There is a book I bought years ago called "Festivals", that gives extensive information about many familiar AND uncommon festivals around the world. (It's at school--I can get specific info next week, if there's interest.) I've developed much of my unit from that book and its bibliography. Judith Cook Tucker's books are also a great resource. - Contributed by Toni Skelton
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03/02 LESSON IN CHINESE OPERA
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-8580.html
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LESSON: CHINESE PERCUSSION MUSIC (grades 5-10)
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-8370.html
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FLOWER DRUM SONG (music) (Grades 5-12)
https://www.teachervision.com/musical-notation/printable/8577.html
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MAKE CHINESE INSTRUMENTS
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-8584.html
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MAKE A DRAGON: Two years ago my student built one in art class using a large box, that was then molded into shape with paper-mache additions, a cloth tail about 12 feet long, and fully decorated. I have a talented art teacher. I found the directions in one of the teacher's resources for Share the Music, maybe third grade.
CREATE MUSIC: I have started kids here on making their own pentatonic pieces and using dances using dance objects (eg ribbons, Asian broom, chopsticks, fans, sunshades) following listening and imitating leaders movements to Chinese ribbon dance and music
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RONDO: I just did a lesson with my fourth graders that combined the idea of a rondo form with the Chinese New Year. The students found in which year of the Chinese Zodiac they were born. If you don't have the zodiac at your disposal I can send it to you along with personality traits of each year. Most of my students were snakes or dragons. Then they made up a poem using each letter of the word into a word that described themselves. Example: Sincere funNny neAt Kid awEsome
The "A" part was the musical part. Metallophones played a G - D bordon on half notes. Xylophones played a crossover ostinato G - D -
E - D on quarter notes. Finger cymbals played half notes. Temple blocks played eighth notes. We played four measures then a child read his poem, played four measures then another poem, played four measures and another poem. The kids are egocentric enough that this appealed to them.
MICROSOFT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (software) I show many of the instruments from the Orient. We compose a pentatonic song, sing traditional folk songs in English and Chinese
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VIDEOS
02/03 CHINESE JUMP ROPE - Instructions: http://www.wikihow.com/Chinese-Jump-Ropehtml
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SOUND EFFECT: A Chinese friend of mine gave me a tin soy sauce can (Like the square-ish cans with handles on top you can buy Italian olive oil in) for banging on. I've seen a parade in a Chinese neighborhood, and there is some sort of very sharp, noisy banging, (in addition to the firecrackers, of course) not so much to a beat as just loud and fast. And the can is perfect for that sound.
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01/02 THE LION'S ROAR, a book/audio cd set on Chinese luogu (percussion) ensembles. By Han Kuo Huang and Pat Shehan Campbell, it includes drumming pieces appropriate for Lion and Dragon dances, a couple of songs and instrumental pieces (easy), photos, mnemonic chants for learning the pieces, and a companion CD with a Chinese ensemble led by the author playing everything in the book. It is available from Music K8 Marketplace, West Music, John's Music and other dealers. (I am the publisher.)It doesn't include instruction in steps, but does have photos, and an optional set of slides showing ensembles in Taiwan dancing.
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WEBSITES
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html (information & history)
6/01 Since music is such an integral part to the Asian culture you will also want to bookmark the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-3-4/Chinese_Instruments
VIDEO: HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/VideoStories/festival-of-china/hong-kong-chinese-orchestra
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WEBSITES
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html (information & history)6/01 Since music is such an integral part to the Asian culture you will also want to bookmark the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-3-4/Chinese_Instruments
VIDEO: HONG KONG CHINESE ORCHESTRA:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/VideoStories/festival-of-china/hong-kong-chinese-orchestra