Ranelagh Primary School - Thursday 29th March 2007

Class 5T6 created a blues song about Arcos, a girl from Africa who was sold several times and separated from her family. Their lyrics came about as the result of some really thoughtful drama.

Listen here:
"If I refuse now"

Class 5T9 created a class Indian Raga about Iqbal, a boy who made carpets in India. They learnt all about the hot, cramped conditions in which he must work for long hours each day. Some of the children already knew about aspects of Indian music which was great. The class were split into 3 parts: the drone section, the tabla section (playing the Tintal Tala pattern on their hands) and the melody section who improvised up and down the raga scale with their voices and then sang lyrics about Iqbal.

Listen here:
"Iqbal's Raga"