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Bassez down
A lively up-tempo Caribbean calypso full of irresistible syncopated rhythms: an appealing song with a contrasting call and response section in the middle.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: call and response , syncopation , verse and refrain
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Calypso
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional call and response)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Hill an’ gully rider
This is a gentle traditional calypso that originated in Jamaica.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: syncopation
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Calypso
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: a 9th
- Accessibility/SEN: Braille scores
Janie Mama
This is a beautiful, gentle calypso that might inspire children to write lyrics of their own.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: major key , syncopation
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Geography
- Style: Calypso
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two- to four-part round)
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Mary had a baby
A traditional spiritual that has proved very popular for Christmas celebrations.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Year Group: 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Religious education
- Style: Calypso , Spiritual
- Vocal Format: Unison (optional two-part)
- Vocal Range: a 7th
This Christmas calypso
This song makes a lively alternative to more traditional carols, and would brighten up any Christmas concert or production.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2
- Musical Element: verse and chorus , major key , syncopation
- Year Group: 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
- Subject: Music , Religious education
- Style: Calypso
- Vocal Format: Unison
- Vocal Range: a 6th
Tingalayo
A really fun, rhythmic calypso which children of all ages will enjoy.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS1 , KS2
- Musical Element: dotted rhythms
- Style: Calypso
- Vocal Format: Two-part
- Vocal Range: an 8ve
Under the sea
A calypso number from The Little Mermaid, in which the crab Sebastian begs mermaid Ariel to stay safely in the sea.
- Accompaniment: Accompanied
- Key Stage: KS2 , KS2/KS3
- Musical Element: syncopation
- Subject: English , Geography
- Style: Musical theatre , Calypso
- Vocal Format: Three-part (optional unison)
- Vocal Range: a 9th
Wreck of the Sloop John B.
This folk song with a calypso rhythm originated in the West Indies during the 1920s. It is about an old ‘sponger’ boat called the John B.
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