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Media for Students (Congo Square)

Media for Students (Congo Square)

All the media resource links for each lesson in "Unit 2 - Congo Square and the Foundation of New Orleans Music" are available below.

Lesson 1 - Congo Square - A Gathering Place

• Videos
  • The Spirits of Congo Square
  • Odadaa! Excerpts from "Congo Square"
• Congo Square Maps
  • 1728 La Nouvelle Orleans Map
  • 1794 Plano de la Ciudad de la Nueva Orleans
  • 1883 Robinson’s Atlas of the City of New Orleans - Vieux Carre
  • 1883 Robinson’s Atlas of the City of New Orleans - Treme
  • Google Earth Congo Square
• Code Noir
• Congo Square Illustrations
  • The Bamboula - E.W. Kemble
  • 1819 Notebook of Benjamin Henry Latrobe - Illustration of drum played at Congo Square
  • 1819 Notebook of Benjamin Henry Latrobe - Illustration of string instrument played at Congo Square
  • 1819 Notebook of Benjamin Henry Latrobe - Illustration of percussion instruments played at Congo Square

Lesson 2 - The Foundational Rhythms of New Orleans

• Videos
  • Congo Square - Take Me to the River New Orleans
  • Congo Square Drum Circle
  • Congo Square Dancers
• Rhythm Demonstrations
  • The Foundational Rhythms of New Orleans
  • The Impact of Congo Square in Music Today
• Rhythmic Notation
  • Bamboula/Tresillo Rhythm
     

    

  • Son Clave Rhythm (3-2)
     

    

  • Habanera Rhythm
     

    

  • Cinquillo Rhythm
     

    

• Worksheet - The Foundational Rhythms of New Orleans
  • Dave Bartholomew’s Country Boy
  • Georges Bizet’s Carmen
  • Scott Joplin’s Solace
  • The Meter’s Hey Pocky Way
  • Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee’s Despacito
• Additional Listening Exercises
  • Sidney Bechet’s Under the Creole Moon
  • Jelly Roll Morton’s New Orleans Blues
  • Rebirth Brass Band’s Feel Like Funkin’ it Up
  • Ed Sheeran’s Shape of You
  • The Chainsmoker’s Don’t Let Me Down
  • John Legend’s All of Me
  • Shabba Ranks’ Dem Bow

Lesson 3 - Polyrhythms

• Videos
  • Jon Batiste describes the New Orleans Sound
  • Jalikunda African Drums at the Montserrat African Music Festival
  • Getting Started with BEATMAKER
• Polyrhythm Exercises
  • Polyrhythm Exercise 1
     

    

  • Polyrhythm Exercise 2
     

    

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