Body Electric: A Symphony of Sounds for Body Percussion

The Body Electric A Symphony of Sounds for Body Percussion By Mark Burrows Book and CD 48 pages Grades 2-6 This book celebrates the music inside us while exploring ways to express this music using our most available instrument- our bodies. Use the book's contents as a handy reference and even an idea-generator.General information as well as targeted examples for a variety of body, vocal and mouth sounds are included within the first two sections- great to teach the basics and to help students internalize rhythmic concepts. The last section includes;pieces that employ various combinations of all the introduced sounds. Extend these experiences with your students' creativity.Reproducible student parts and a CD are included. The CD presents examples of the sounds introduced in the book. Most of the pieces are performed on the CD using the layering process giving models of performance options. Student can also perform with the CD tracks.Contents: Stomp, Pat, Clap, Snap: The "Big Four" of Body Percussion, Making Rain,; Pat-a Cake: Body Percussion Disguised as a Game,; Palmas,; Body Percussion Solos,; Body Percussion - West AfricanThe Human Voice: A World of Possibilities,; Sing, Whistle and Hum:; Melody Matters,; Lip Pops and Tongue Clicks: The Original Pop Music,,; Making Popcorn,; Alpha-Beats,,; Alpha-beat Soup,; Beatboxing,,; Beatbox Solos,,; Group Beatbox,,; Poetry Slam: How Doth the Little Crocodile,; Sound Machine,; Imitation Fascination,,; Barnyard BashClick, Clap, Say, Stomp, Pop, and Pat: The Whole Body Electric,; Salutation Samba,; Planet Jam,; Body Percussion - Cuban,; The Body Electric,; A Picture Paints a Thousand SoundsClassic Poems,; For Younger Children; For Older Children;