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Rowcroft - African Dance
Background
John Rowcroft is a contemporary British composer of music, much of it film and TV soundtracks.
This piece is taken from a collection in different styles.
Its inspiration is the dancing found in the townships of South Africa.
Pupil Match & Suitability
This would suit a pupil with a strong sense of rhythm and movement.
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They would need to have large enough hands to play the LH chords and move between them securely and also to jump confidently from one hand position to another across the keyboard.
Style & Tempo
It is helpful to imagine the dancing that this music would accompany.
Encourage your more physical and creative pupils to devise an actual routine which they could dance through accompanied by this piece.
The given tempo (crotchet=132) is fast although there is an editorial suggestion that crotchet=100 would be acceptable for a grade 1 performance.
However, the liveliness is all-important, as is a very clear sense of puls