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Guided improvisation: hand percussion and variation

Creative lab: hand percussion and guided improvisation

gif glockenspiel1. Look at this piece from the tune Tideo.

Tideo fragment

Try to perform this fragment using the hand percussion movements  that you can see in the video below. Practise till you can do it quickly to follow the score.

Lorena Varela. Tideo Fragment Hand Perccussion (CC BY-NC-SA)

Now try to perform that hand percussion all through the bars in the score.

 Tideo score

This is the video with the complete hand percussion to check if you are doing it properly.

Lorena Varela. Tideo Hand Percussion (CC BY-NC-SA)

2. The second step is to change the score. Substitute the quavers  with semiquavers, the value of the notes keeps on being the same.

Have you done it? Let's check if it is correct. You have the score below.

question mark

3. It is time to work with a glockenspiel. Watch the video with a fragment of the semiquavers variation. Imitate it till you can perform it fluently. 

Lorena Varela. Tideo Semiquavers Variation (CC BY-NC-SA)

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