Practice Middle Eastern Rhythms. The type of drum typically used with the rhythms in this lesson is the darbuka (also called the tabla, darbeki, or dumbek. However, these rhythms can be adapted to most other types of hand drums as well. As long as there is a low and a high sound …
Learn Tintal, a North Indian rhythm. Tintal is traditionally a 16-beat-long-rhythm played on the tabla drums – two hand drums. The smaller drum is meant for making treble sounds while the larger makes bass sounds. Here is our Instructional Video. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a …
Using the handout as your guide, play the G-flat Major pentatonic scale on the keyboard. Play the scale both ascending and descending – meaning going up and down the scale. Here is our Instructional Video. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Using the handout and the instructional video practice this lesson’s rhythms. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Download the PDF handout below to learn about “The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses” by Paul Goble. First released in 1978, this book with beautiful water-color illustrations, tells a story about a gentle young indigenous girl with a special gift for caring for horses that belong to her tribe. One …
Use this guide to help teach kids about entrepreneurship. Click here to download the PDF Click here for a full list of handouts
Betty Osceola is a Miccosukee (located in Florida) tribal elder, indigenous advocate, educator, and conservationist who actively fights for clean water, anti-fracking, sacred spaces, and Indigenous women’s rights. Osceola is an active defender of clean water and anti-pollution in the Florida Everglades. Download the handout below to color the portrait …
Print out the handout below and follow the instructions to create your own native flute! Warbling is a musical effect that can be seen in Indigenous flute music, as well as other wind instruments like the harmonica. Warbling can also be heard in animals like birds, in string instruments like …
