Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Kotekan: A Cooperative Music Activity Lesson PlanKotekan: A Cooperative Music Activity Lesson Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Lesson Plan

Kotekan: A Cooperative Music Activity

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Kotekan: A Cooperative Music Activity lesson plan also includes:
  • Activity
  • Worksheet
  • Join to access all included materials

Young musicians explore the rhythms and sounds of Balinese gamelan music, then create their own. They listen to several examples of gamelan music, then use their instruments to mimic the rhythms they hear. After a warm up and practice, they compose two lines of rhythm based on Kotekan Techniques. These rhythms will be played in tandem with a fellow musician. 

118 Views 104 Downloads
Concepts

music composition, music performance

Additional Tags

music composition, music performance, rhythm, kotekan technique, music instruction, balinese gamelan music, non-western music, social studies
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
6th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
4 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
1 more...
Technology
Audio

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Jewish Folk Song: Ya Ba Bom

Curated OER
Singing is a wonderful way to express an idea of any kind. This lesson is written expressly for use in directing a high school chorus. They work on using four-part harmony, expression, and melodic intervals while singing a Jewish folk...
9th Visual & Performing Arts
Lesson Plan

Fats Waller, Handful of Keys

Curated OER
Playing piano is great fun and playing jazz is even better. Kids watch a video of Fats Waller playing the song, "Handful of Keys," they then use either a piano key print out or Orff instruments to practice his signature stride piano...
3rd - 6th Visual & Performing Arts
Lesson Plan

Rhythm Counting

North Carolina Standard Curriculum
Understanding time signatures and rhythm counting are two very important parts of playing an instrument well. Here are three basic lessons rolled into one that prompt upper graders to play their instruments with care. They'll practice...
9th - 12th Visual & Performing Arts
Lesson Plan

Rhythm and Art: Rhythm Collage

Curated OER
High schoolers create a collage in response to musical rhythm. In this visual arts lesson plan, students will better understand the connection between visual arts and musical rhythm. High schoolers will follow the teacher's model of...
9th - 12th Visual & Performing Arts
Website

Bbc: Bitesize: Music of Africa

BBC
This site is a part of the About Music site of the BBC, and this interactive site lets you explore various parts of Africa, their music, their instruments, their sounds. Requires Real Player.
9th - 10th Visual & Performing Arts
Lesson Plan

1920s Variety Show

Curated OER
To better understand the cultural achievements of the Harlem Renaissance and become familiar with its major figures, class members examine a painting by Aaron Douglas and a poem by Langston Hughes and compare how the artists develop...
6th - 8th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

High School Lesson Plan

Curated OER
Students compose and arrange music within specific guidelines. They # identify and explain compositional devices and techniques used in a musical work. They compare and contrast the use of those techniques between different compositions.
4th - 6th Visual & Performing Arts
Lesson Plan

Rhythm and Art: Gesture Drawing

Curated OER
Young scholars explore connections between non-verbal language and art. For this visual and auditory art lesson, students investigate the science of sound and principles of drawing. They then use various genres of music to directly apply...
9th - 12th Visual & Performing Arts
Lesson Plan

Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music In America - Gospel Beginnings

Curated OER
High schoolers identify musical characteristics of gospel and sing a gospel selection. They practice the call and response technique. After going through individual parts, they sing the entire song with piano accompaniment.
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Music Conducting: Classroom Activities

Curated OER
Turn the class into a percussive orchestra and let the kids take over as conductor. You'll explain a few ins and outs of what a conductor does. Then you hand over the baton and let your budding Beethovens conduct each other as they...
K - 8th Visual & Performing Arts
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use