Banana Boat Song (Time Signatures - Missing Bar Lines)

  • This worksheet is designed to promote students' understanding of 4/4 metre.
  • The first question requires students to explain the time signature. (Answer: There are 4 crotchet beats [quarter note beats] in each bar.)
  • The second question instructs students to fill in the missing bar lines.
  • The third question gives students the opportunity to create a rhythm in 4/4 metre.
  • Rhythms used include ties.
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Banana Boat Song (Time Signatures - Missing Bar Lines) Theme: Multicultural Games:
Partner: Form: Song Type:
Scale: Major CSP: D - C Age: Lower Secondary - Middle Secondary
Tones: s low ti low d finalis r m f s l ti d high Rhythm: ; ; ; ; ;  
Melodic: d high ti l s ; s d ; d m d ; d r d finalis ; m s d high ; d high d ; f r ti low s low ; s low d ; d d high

 

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Banana Boat Song This Calypso style Jamaican folk song has gentle syncopation.
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