Performers: Clementina de Jesus
Culture or Origin: Brazil
Orchestration: Voice, percussion, guitar
Clementina de Jesus was a very popular Brazilian samba singer. Her music was very well known throughout the country. This particular piece is a good example of a "call and response" type performance. In this recording, she has a back-up group singing the response. In other videos I found, the audience sings the response. Call and response is a great way for students to create music, especially when they are very young. Children are able to repeat back what they hear with relative ease. This allows them to experience world music in an non-intimidating way.
Below is another video example, with the audience responding to Clementina's calls.
Thank you for posting these. I'm always looking for new things to show my students to teach them about call and response. Most of the time, I use 90's rap music or the Red Robin jingle. I've always wanted to incorporate REAL music into the examples, but always had a hard time finding things. Of course there was a lot of information in the music during US slavery, but it's really nice to see this type of music present in several areas of the world. Thanks again for sharing!
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