1. We are going to work with an accompaniment for a melody that we have already seen, so it will be really easy. Revise Tarantella accompaniment score below, pay attention to the notes and 6/8 time signature. Now take the glockenspiel and find the notes you are going to play.

Have you seen that the beat unit is a dotted crotchet? Consequently, it is a compound meter. The video below shows what you should do: to play the accompaniment in the score above while the complete melody is sounding. The idea is that you improve your speed to get near the original melody, which is faster than the one in the video.

This is also the sound file with the melody to practise the accompaniment without looking at the video.

2. Our next step is using boomwhakers but with Scarborough Fair melody. Yes, boomwhakers! They are also called sound tubes because, obviously, they are used as percussion instruments. Each tube has an agreed length and colour to indicate its different sound. Don't say it is not fun! The first thing to do is to look through this ostinato. Rehearse it a bit so that you interiorize it. You have to use a yellow tube for E (left hand) and purple for A (right hand). 

Now it is time to play that ostinato while the Scarborough Fair melody is playing. You have the sound file to work with it and the video to guide you through the performance.

     

Are you developing your creative abilities rightly? Let's try with two other ostinatos. Use the same sound file but this motif:

a- This ostinato that works as accompaniment, should be played first alone and then in pairs to see if you can keep the beat.Then you have to play it while the complete Scarborough Fair melody sounds. 

b- This is the second ostinato. Rehearse, interiorize the notes in truple subdivision, use the same sound file as above and perform in group while, again, your performance accompanies the complete Scarborough Fair melody sounds. The teacher will record the performance, then you can comment on the results, the level of difficulty, etc.