1. Where is this music from?
Freeze the screen so the students do not see the videos!
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3

2. Caribbean Music
Year 7 Unit

3. What do you already know about the Caribbean?
Pirates
Caocao
Sugar Cane
Near Central America

4. Where is the Caribbean?

5. Mixture of different cultures.
South American
African
Spanish
French
English
Do you know of another place like that?

6. A brief history.
The Caribbean islands were first inhabited by the Arawak and Carib peoples. They were at war with each other over the land of the Caribbean. The Carib were known for capturing and enslaving the Arawak, and even ate their victims (gross)! The Arawaks did not have a writing system and so little is known about them. One thing we still have today that was left behind from their culture is the hammock.

7. History continued…
Then, Christopher Columbus came along looking for India, but actually landed in the Bahamas. The Spanish pillaged and forcibly took over the native populations, enslaving and killing many. They established settlements throughout the Caribbean, taking the larger islands.
After that the English and French began settling the Caribbean, spreading their influence.

8. History continued…
During the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Africans were captured and brought across the Atlantic ocean as slaves. The slaves suffered horrible conditions and treatment. They brought over many African customs that are still used today.

9. A Story
The Maroons were a group of African slaves in Jamaica that rebelled against their English Plantation owners. They ran away and hid in the Blue Mountains, where it was difficult to follow and catch them. A trick the Maroons used to play on the English to scare them, was while the English were sleeping they would sneak up and take one of their belongings. It was often items of little value, however their actions said much – I got close to you, and you never knew it. It was by going to war and doing tricks like this that earned them their freedom.

10. Modern Day Maroons

11. The Caribbean Today
Nowadays, the Caribbean is a diverse community of Islands, each one with it’s own special culture. It is an area which is a popular tourist location.

12. Hold Em’ Joe
Jamaican Folk Song

13. Hold Em’ Joe Lyrics – Call and Response
Ziggy Marley
Blind Blake
The Merrymen
Hold 'em Joe, hold 'em Joe, hold 'em Joe But don't let him go Me donkey want water, hold'em Joe, Spring 'round the corner, hold'em Joe Me donkey want water, hold'em Joe Everybody want water, hold'em Joe Fuma la catchimba, hold'em Joe We on a journey he don't walk straight And that is because he's so underweight Donkey of mine he don't like no weight Put him on a cart he never walk straight

14. What is Call and Response?
A musical phrase in which the first and often solo part is answered by a second and often ensemble part.
What are some examples of Call and Response?
1. Marco Polo – pool game
2. Hold em’ Joe
3. Shave and a haircut – two bits. 4.

15. Water Come A Me Eye
Trinidadian Folk Song

16. Water Come A Me Eye
Every time I'm away from Liza Water come to me eye I remember when love was new There was one but now there's two
This is a folk song from the Island of Trinidad.
Click here to listen to Harry Belafonte sing this song.
The chorus is…
Come back Liza, come back gal
Wipe the tear from me eye

17. Water Come A Me Eye

18. Water Come A Me Eye

19. Water Come A Me Eye

20. Composition Project On your own, write a new verse for Come Back Liza.
_______________,
Water come a me eye,
Water come a me eye
You will write down your lyrics and perform them for the class.

21. Patois – Mango Time
Jamaican Folk Song

22. What is Patois?
Patois is any language that is considered non- standard.
In Jamaican Patois they use their own words in place of English words. Here are some examples.
Pikney – children
Bankra – basket
Ram – fill
Nuh – don’t, no (negative)

23. Mango Time
Mi nuh drink coffee tea - mango time Care how nice it may be - mango time In the heat of the mango crop When di fruit dem a ripe an' drop Wash yu pot, tun dem dung - mango time. De terpentine large an fine, mango time Robin mango so sweet, mango time Number eleven an hairy skin Pack di bankra an ram dem in For di bankra mus' full, mango time.

24. Guantanamera
Cuban Folk Song

25. Guantanamera Guantanamera – “Woman from Guantanamo”
Guantanamo is a city in Cuba.
Listen to these recordings of Guantanamera.
Celia Cruz
Compay Segundo
The Sandpipers

26. Guantanamera Lyrics
Verse: Yo soy un hombre sincero De donde crece la palma, Y antes de morirme quiero Echar mis versos del alma. Chorus: Guantanamera, Guajira Guantanamera, Guajira Guantanamera Cultivo una rosa blanca En junio como enero, Para el amigo sincero Que me da su mano franca. D Em
A G D
Em7
F#m7
Em7 D Em A D G A G