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Lesson 2: Playing Shosholoza

Using tuned percussion instruments, such as glockenspiels, xylophones or steel pans, to learn the chords for the Shosholoza song
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1. Recap and recall

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Assessment – Music Y5: South and West AfricaLesson 1: Shosholoza a cappella
Lesson 2: Playing Shosholoza
Lesson 3: The Shosholoza showLesson 4: Drumming away to AfricaLesson 5: Eight-beat breaks
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