Discover African drum rhythms, Kassa and Balakulandjan. Students will “listen in layers,” then learn or compose a medley.

Learn the 12-bar blues form and explore improvising over a Bb blues using the Bb blues scale.

Explore the elements of a musical staff.

Learn “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home” and the chord progression in F. Improvise with scales, arpeggios, and small motifs.

Sing “Blue Monday,” clap on the strong beat, and identify the parts of the song.

Discover the history of Carnival season in New Orleans, lyrics, and techniques for “Bourbon Street Parade.”

An essential New Orleans Brass Band musical collection, including transcriptions and historical background by trumpeter Mark Braud.

An intermediate New Orleans Brass Band musical collection with transcriptions for musicians with some instrumental experience.

Listen to songs performed by the Humphrey Brothers. Clap on beats 2 and 4, then walk and dance in a second line formation.

The ultimate tool for aspiring clarinet players! Learn to read music and the fingerings that go with the notes with 2nd Line Music’s flashcards.

Explore the role of the Clarinet in New Orleans music.

An introduction to New Orleans techniques for performing on the Clarinet.

Discover the history of Congo Square. Students will sing, dance, and demonstrate a clave rhythm, a tradition in Congo Square.

Weedie Braimah introduces drumming traditions in Congo Square. Students will design a collective cultural space for their community.

Learn basic hand placement, the three djembe sounds, and drum maintenance with Weedie Braimah.

Get introduced to the djembe drum, oral traditions, and ways the djembe is used in West African culture.

Sing “Don’t You Just Know It.” Students will learn the musical devices “call and response” and “echo.”

Explore the role of the Drum Set in New Orleans music.

An introduction to New Orleans techniques for performing on a Drum Set.

Learn about the dunun drums from djembefola, Weedie Braimah. Students will create a four-door foldable about each drum’s features and role.

Sing “El Manicero” or design a movie poster depicting main ideas from the award winning feature film A Tuba to Cuba.

Analyze the basic elements of music: melody, rhythm (beat), form, jazz harmony, and expressive qualities.

Learn the lyrics, song form, and instrument techniques for the traditional song “Hindustan.”

Learn the lyrics, song form, and instrument techniques for the New Orleans rhythm & blues song “I’m Walkin’.”

Explore a traditional New Orleans front line, collective improvisation, and create improvised melodies on instruments.

Perform a two-song interpretation of a New Orleans jazz funeral ー a mournful dirge and an uptempo spiritual.

Watch a mock jazz funeral and learn about the cultural aspects of this tradition.

Learn the history of Jazz funerals and instrument techniques for the song, “Just a Closer Walk With Thee.”

Sing the song “Keep Your Head Up” or make homemade instruments inspired by the award winning feature film A Tuba to Cuba.

Learn the lyrics, song form, and instrument techniques for the jazz song “Keep Your Head Up.”

Learn the lyrics, song form, and instrument techniques for the traditional song, “Lily of the Valley.”

Learn the lyrics, song form, and instrument techniques for the traditional song “Make Me a Pallet on the Floor.”

Sing “Mardi Gras in New Orleans.” Students will play the clave part on claves and the horn part on recorders.

Sing “Mardi Gras Mambo.” Students will identify parts of the song and clap on the mambo beat.

Learn about djembefola Weedie Braimah’s musical heritage. Students will explore personal musical heritage through visual storytelling.

Discover the relationship between math and music.

Explore your musical heritage through song, dance, instruments, or a media presentation.

Build relationships and foster community by creating a musical heritage story quilt for the classroom.

Explore genres of music unique to New Orleans history and culture.

Learn and perform New Orleans music on the recorder. Select from solo, solo with note names, and duet versions.

Discover the history and culture of New Orleans Jazz and its African roots.

Read quarter, half, dotted half, and whole notes and apply the beats with body percussion techniques.

Band students will discover the Humphrey Brothers legacy. Students will learn the jazz standard, “Panama.”

Explore the role of the Piano in New Orleans music.

An introduction to New Orleans techniques for performing on the Piano.

Train your ears to identify a song by its rhythm and beat.

Identify parts of songs from the New Orleans R and B Unit.

Discover how musicians honor each other through song. Then compare the Humphrey brothers’ version of “Bourbon Street Parade” to other versions.

Explore the role of the Sousaphone in New Orleans music.

An introduction to New Orleans techniques for performing on the Sousaphone.

Listen to blues songs, “Back Water Blues” and “Go to the Mardi Gras.” Learn AAB lyric form and compose original blues lyrics.

Learn the break and bass, tone, and slap techniques in African drumming. Students will demonstrate the break through a selected art form.

Discover the Humphrey brothers. Create a “Who’s That?” foldable recognizing the achievements of this musical family.

Sing and perform the song “El Manicero” (“The Peanut Vendor”), featured on the soundtrack from the film A Tuba to Cuba.

Learn a mnemonic device strategy to identify treble and bass clef names and spaces on the musical staff.

Explore the role of the Trombone in New Orleans music.

An introduction to New Orleans techniques for performing on the Trombone.

Explore the role of the Trumpet in New Orleans music.

An introduction to New Orleans techniques for performing on the Trumpet.

Clap on beats 2, 3, and 4 to the song “Tumba”, featured on the soundtrack to the film A Tuba to Cuba.

Explore the role of the Upright Bass in New Orleans music.

An introduction to New Orleans techniques for performing on the Upright Bass.

Sing “Walking to New Orleans.” Students will learn catchphrases and identify chord structures and combinations.

All ages analyze improvisation, explore ways they improvise in daily life, and participate in both musical and non-musical improvisation.

Learn the lyrics, song form, and instrument techniques for the traditional song “When the Saints Go Marching In.”