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10 PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press | Incredible English 6 Unit 1 Test African drumming African drumming 6 6 10 African drumming 1 Read the text quickly and match the titles to paragraphs 1–4. a Making drums b Exploring different kinds of music and different rhythms c Learning to play real African drums d Making rhythms and composing music with instruments Rhythm and music are important parts of lots of cultures, in all continents. Different cultures use different instruments, but most cultures have drums. Thousands of years ago in Africa, Asia, North America and South America, people were making drums. They used them for celebrations, and to communicate. When African slaves were taken to the USA in the 18th and 19th centuries, they took lots of different musical styles with them. African music and drumming had a big influence on the development of jazz music at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, African drumming is popular all around the world. Mark is 11. He goes to school in London, and his class did a project about African drumming. Here he explains what they did and what they learned. First we listened to some different kinds of music: pop music, classical music, and Indian and African drumming. Pop songs and classical pieces of music have a beginning and an end. Indian and African drumming are different – they usually have repeated patterns. We listened to more African drumming music, and tried to copy the rhythms by clapping. Then we invented our own rhythms, and played them in different ways – for example, clapping, stamping, clicking our fingers, and hitting our desks with pencils. Next we experimented with percussion instruments, like drums, tambourines and maracas. We played loudly and quietly, and we made long and short sounds. We invented some more rhythms, and played them together. We composed two pieces of music! The first piece of music sounded scary. The second piece of music was fast and energetic – it made everyone laugh! The next part of the project was the best part. Some African drummers came to visit the school for one morning. They showed us different kinds of African drums, and showed us how to play them. They taught us some new rhythms. We played the drums for three hours! Everyone had a drum, and we all played them together. It was very exciting and very noisy! 1 2 3 4 Finally, we made our own drums. We used boxes and tins and lots of other things, and put pieces of plastic or rubber on the top. We decorated the drums to make them look like African drums. Now we can make African-style music in our music lessons!
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10 PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press | Incredible English 6Unit 1 Test
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Term 1 Guess what it is?Term 1 Guess what it is?
Term 2 Tall storiesTerm 2 Tall stories
Term 3 Problem pagesTerm 3 Problem pages
10 African drumming
1 Read the text quickly and match the titles to paragraphs 1–4.
a Making drums
b Exploring different kinds of music and different rhythms
c Learning to play real African drums
d Making rhythms and composing music with instruments
Rhythm and music are important parts of lots of cultures, in all continents. Different cultures use different instruments, but most cultures have drums. Thousands of years ago in Africa, Asia, North America and South America, people were making drums. They used them for celebrations, and to communicate. When African slaves were taken to the USA in the 18th and 19th centuries, they took lots of different musical styles with them. African music and drumming had a big influence on the development of jazz music at the beginning of the 20th century.
Today, African drumming is popular all around the world. Mark is 11. He goes to school in London, and his class did a project about African drumming. Here he explains what they did and what they learned.
First we listened to some different kinds of music: pop music, classical music, and Indian and African drumming. Pop songs and classical pieces of music have a beginning and an end. Indian and African drumming are different – they usually have repeated patterns. We listened to more African drumming music, and tried to copy the rhythms by clapping. Then we invented our own rhythms, and played them in different ways – for example, clapping, stamping, clicking our fingers, and hitting our desks with pencils.
Next we experimented with percussion instruments, like drums, tambourines and maracas. We played loudly and quietly, and we made long and short sounds. We invented some more rhythms, and played them together. We composed two pieces of music! The first piece of music sounded scary. The second piece of music was fast and energetic – it made everyone laugh!
The next part of the project was the best part. Some African drummers came to visit the school for one morning. They showed us different kinds of African drums, and showed us how to play them. They taught us some new rhythms. We played the drums for three hours! Everyone had a drum, and we all played them together. It was very exciting and very noisy!
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3 4Finally, we made our own
drums. We used boxes and tins and lots of other things, and put pieces of plastic or rubber on the top. We decorated the drums to make them look like African drums. Now we can make African-style music in our music lessons!
11PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press | Incredible English 6 Unit 1 Test 11African drumming
Reading
2 Find these words in the text. Write.
3 Read the text again and write T (true) or F (false).
1 a big piece of work (e.g. at school) = p __ __ __ __ __ __
2 make a sound by hitting your hands together (verb) = c __ __ __
3 make a sound by hitting your feet on the floor (verb) = s __ __ __ __
4 write or invent music (verb) = c __ __ __ __ __ __
5 t __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
6 m __ __ __ __ __ __
1 Thousands of years ago, people in Africa used drums to communicate.
2 Mark’s class made rhythms by hitting desks with pencils.
3 Mark’s class experimented with wind instruments.
4 Mark didn’t enjoy playing the African drums.
4 Complete the crossword.
Clues:
Across )
2 Drums and tambourines are instruments.
3 The African drummers taught Mark’s class some new .
4 Mark’s class used
rubber and to make
the tops of their drums.
6 Jazz is a kind of music
that developed at the
of the 20th century
in the USA.
Down º
1 Mark’s class composed
two of music.
2 Indian and African
drumming usually
have repeated .
5 A pop song has a beginning and an .
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