Welcome to Musica Viva In Schools first online secondary resource kit for the percussion ensemble – B’tutta. There are lots of exciting classroom activities for aural, composition, performance and musicology which can be accessed by downloading the pdf and mp3 files below. It features a new composition Hello? (a ring tone fantasy) by the Australian composer Graeme Leak and Asa, Cinquillo and B’tobra written by members of B’tutta.

For any feedback or comments please contact Carol Coomber, Education Manager, MVIS carol.coomber@det.nsw.edu.au

 

 

Downloadable Resources

Please find attached the PDF files files for the B’tutta Secondary resource kit.

B'tutta
 B'tutta Secondary Kit 2008 - Introduction (220KB PDF)
B'tutta Secondary Kit 2008 - Asa (156KB PDF)
B'tutta Secondary Kit 2008 - Cinquillo (72KB PDF)
B'tutta Secondary Kit 2008 - B'tobra (96KB PDF)
B'tutta Secondary Kit 2008 - Hello? (a ring tone fantasy) (184KB PDF)
B'tutta Secondary Kit 2008 - Instruments (864KB PDF)
B'tutta Secondary Kit 2008 - Glossary (12KB PDF)

Please find attached the MP3 files files for the B’tutta Secondary resource kit.

B'tutta
Asa - Graham Hilgendorf (4143 KB MP3)
Asa - examples of unusual tone colours - bow on the vibraphone, marimba 'woo' sound, brushes on drum, water crotale (1232 KB MP3)
Cinquillo - Cameron Gregory (3233 KB MP3)
Cinquillo - B section with clear staggered entries (765 KB MP3)
Cinquillo - the call (281 KB MP3)
B'tobra - for melodic percussion: B'tutta (2978 KB MP3)
B'tobra - with voice over: B'tutta (2988 KB MP3)
B'tobra - for non-melodic percussion: B'tutta (2978 KB MP3)
B'tobra - for voices and body percussion No. 1: B'tutta (3019 KB MP3)
B'tobra - for voices and body percussion No. 2: B'tutta (1971 KB MP3)
Hello? (a ring tone fantasy): Graeme Leak (2289 KB MP3)
Hello? (a ring tone fantasy) - ring tones: Kick, Jumping, Nokia, Samba, Traditional (4314 KB MP3)
Hello? (a ring tone fantasy) - marimba and vibraphone excerpt from Jumping section (602 KB MP3)
Hello? (a ring tone fantasy) - agogo, two marimba parts from Samba section (598 KB MP3)