Year 5/6 Responding Assessment (Gumboot Dance)

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How would you describe the tempo (speed) and the rhythm?

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How would you describe the dynamic (volume)?

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Describe the timbre (quality of the sound)?

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Describe the pitch (highness/lowness of the sound)?

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Describe the form.

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Describe the texture.

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Where did the gumboot dancing originate from?

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Who created the dance?

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They were not able to t___ to each other while they were working.

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They used r______ p______, b___ p________ and their g_______ to communicate with each other.

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The gumboot dancing music has a ____________________ (Form?) pattern, where one person ‘calls’ by performing a pattern that the others echo. This is like a conversation, but using r_______ instead.

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The different words, expressions or phrases in a conversation are represented by the manipulation of different timbre through ____________________________________________ (actions) of gumboots.

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What do you think the messages might be about? Why do you think so? Explain using the music elements (eg. tempo and dynamics) that the performers manipulated to communicate different messages.