The Lion Sleeps Tonight: G C D

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In this section, you will use the chords of G major, C major and D major on tuned percussion instruments (e.g. glockenspiels/xylophones/chime bars/boomwhackers etc) to perform ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight‘ originally written by Solomon Linda and made popular in the 1980s by Tight Fit:

• Warm ups – improvise a 4 beat pattern
• Get Ready – to check that you can find the right notes to play the chords of G major, C major and D major
• LearnToPlay The Lion Sleeps Tonight – playing rhythms whilst following the rhythm patterns for each chord