Music Speech Rhyme - boom chicka boom

''Boom Chicka Boom" Speech Rhyme:"

Leader: "I said a-boom chicka boom"
Group:  ''I said a-boom chicka boom"

Leader. "I said a-boom chicka, rocka chicka, rocka chicka boom"
Group:  "I said a-boom chicka, rocka chicka, rocka chicka boom"

Leader: "Oh yeah"
Group: . "Oh yeah"

Leader: "Alright"
Group: "Alright"

Leader: "One more time" ( pat your knees)
Group: "One more time" (pat your knees)

Other verses:
(clap your hands)
(pat your knees)
(knees and hands)
(real' fast)
(real' slow)
(real' high)
(real' low)
(real' loud
(real' soft)
(that's enough)
(lets stop)

This is'a great leader/response chant where the children simple echo the ' rhythmical chant of the leader. It is very quickly learned and a good activity for establishing and developing a strong sense of beat. When children accompany their chanting with a knee-clap patten they are experiencing the Cut Common Time beat ( q; )with an accent on the 2nd and 4th beats. This off beat 'feel' is very common in popular music. It also gives children an opportunity to experience the basic elemental concepts of, fast-slow (Tempo) high-low ( Pitch) Loud-soft (Dynamics).