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Please use the following notes to introduce the song:
The Damara language is especially difficult to learn because of the four click consonants. Therefore, children have to start as babies to learn the clicks first, and then learn the actual words later. A few ways to teach the clicks are with games and also with songs. Lucky for us, this Namibian song contains the easiest click consonant and I'm sure you've probably used this click before. ! ! ! Can you say Namibia !Gaire? |
TEACHER NOTES:
We recently decided that the alto/bass xylophones should play their notes on every beat, which helps the soprano xylophone players with the off-beat. It worked very well and I will post a sheet music update of that over the summer (2023). Feel free to try it in the meantime! |
Namibia !gaire example video
Take time to learn the xylophones below
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TEACHER NOTES:I noticed that students found the offbeat rhythms challenging, so I added a bass/alto xylophone part to help. Practise with the video playback below. |
Namibia !Gâire: Level 2 by Garth Prince