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Watch: What is body percussion?

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Body percussion is a quick, easy and creative way to get and .

There's lots of contemporary artists and composers who use body percussion to compose music.

Watch as YolanDa shows us what's possible.

Omar Lye Fook and YolanDa Brown pointing at each other

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Who is Anna Meredith?

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Anna Meredith is a Scottish composer who writes and music.

Anna works with , bands and to create music that uses clapping, stamping, shouting and instead of instruments.

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Watch: Connect It by Anna Meredith

Anna Meredith and Dev introduce her body percussion piece Connect It. From 成人快手 Ten Pieces.

In Anna's body percussion piece 'Connect It', a variety of rhythmic sounds and movements are passed between the performers. This musical effect is known as a canon.

A canon is where two or more instruments, voices or sounds play the same music but start at different times.

Re-watch the whole performance of Anna's piece. Look and listen carefully for the shapes and sounds being passed between the performers - the canon.

You can learn more about Anna with 成人快手 Ten Pieces.

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What is beatboxing?

A young girl playing the drums smiling.

Another exciting type of body percussion is beatboxing. This is when an musician uses their voice to create beats by making different sounds, including the sound of percussion instruments like the drum kit.

Beatboxers don't just imitate the sounds of instruments. They can do a whole lot more too. There are even championships where beatboxers can show off their skills.

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Watch: Have a go at beatboxing

You can learn some simple beatboxing quite quickly. Join in with Katie as she learns how to beatbox.

Beatboxing is a great way to create sounds with your voice. This can be accompanied by other body percussion to help create your musical compositions.

Improvising with sounds is an important part of the composition process.

By experimenting, you'll make incredible sounds to use and arrange in your own musical compositions.

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Can I use technology to help me compose music?

Omar with a tablet used for recording and making music.

Recording yourself is an important part of composing. You don't need anything too fancy to do this. Any device with a microphone that will allow you to record audio files will work.

If you want to begin layering your ideas together, to create musical compositions using your body percussion or beat-boxing sounds, then you'll need some software.

Omar with a tablet used for recording and making music.

Watch: Yolanda introduces technology

Music software allows you to:

  • put your recorded sounds together on a timeline
  • edit sounds in different ways including looping and repeating them
  • add different effects

There's lots of free, powerful music production software and apps available for all computer platforms including mobile and tablets. Ask a trusted adult to help you find and download some to try.

Like any new tool, it may take you a little while to get to grips with how it works but it's worth the effort.

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