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Listening game, rhythm copy challenge and stop-start control activity.
Kidstrument activity family
Forbidden Rhythms
Pupils copy short rhythms in a call-and-response game but stay silent when the forbidden rhythm appears.
- Activity type
- Video-Led Activities
- Music skills
- Rhythm & Pulse, Listening & Appraising
- Included activities
- 4 activities
Classroom value
What this activity helps teachers do
Keep pupils active in the music
Listen, clap back, freeze, recognise repeated patterns and follow rules.
Use a clear teaching route
Practise the forbidden rhythm separately, use clear clap/freeze signals, and build accuracy through unison responses.
Inside the family
Example activities teachers can open
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- Forbidden Rhythms: Explained
- Forbidden Rhythms: Hi Hat
- Forbidden Rhythms: Hi Hat (Variation #2)
- Forbidden Rhythms: Kick Drum
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