Composing with Movement: a beginner’s guide to body percussion – music lesson

Composing with Movement is a beginner’s guide to body percussion. Students start by making the sound of a thunderstorm with their bodies. Then, they play the Body Percussion Game, where they practice clapping, snapping, patting, and tapping to a steady beat. Finally, they use printable body percussion cards to compose their own body percussion composition.

 

⚠️You’ll need a recording of a piece of music with a clearly defined beat. You’ll use this during the Body Percussion Game. ⚠️

 

WHAT YOU’LL GET WITH YOUR DOWNLOAD

► Table of Contents

► Create a Storm Body Percussion Warmup

• nine slides guiding students on how to create the sounds of a thunderstorm
• reinforcement of soft, medium, and loud sounds
• exploration of body percussion sounds

► Body Percussion Game

• A student leader guides students in creating different sounds with their bodies using a steady beat (your chosen recording)

► Composition Prompts

• instructions to create a body percussion piece
• instructions to use the printable cards to compose

► Drag and Drop Google Slides™

• Slides for students to compose by dragging and dropping body percussion

► Printable Cards for Students

• in black and white for easy printing

► Printable Worksheets

• half-page, black and white for easy printing

 

Ideas for Use

✅ Have students pair and share their compositions

✅ Have students create unique sounds with a partner to share with the class

✅ Break the class into groups and have each group recreate other sounds from their
daily life using body percussion (walking, running, opening a pop can, etc.)

 

Why Your Students and You Will Love This Resource

• The body percussion warmup is fun, easy, and gets kids ready for movement
• The warm up reinforces dynamics with soft, medium, and loud
• Students get lots of choices to keep them engaged in composing
• Students get lots of practice moving to a steady beat
• Easy printing with black/white and half-pages

 

Related Products

• Composing Cards for Voice or pitched percussion (freebie)
• Composing Cards for singing and playing
• Composing in Pentatonic: a guided music composition activity
• Composing with Do, Re, and Mi
• Composing with Mi, So, and La
• Composing with Movement: a beginner’s guide to body percussion
• Composing with Rhythms Bundle
• Composing with Rhythms: Barred Sixteenth Notes
• Composing with Rhythms: Half Note
• Composing with Rhythms: Quarter Rest
• Composing with Rhythms: Quarter and Barred Eighth Notes
• Composing with Rhythms: Syncopation
• Moving and Composing with Tania León

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