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Group 2, II St. Luke

Mr. Joey Balunsat English II teacher All rights reserved 2011.

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azz chant is a poem that use jazz rhythms to illustrate the natural stress and intonation patterns of conversational American English. Jazz Chants provide an innovative and exciting way to improve your student's speaking and listening comprehension skills while reinforcing the language structures of everyday situation.

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Jazz is an original American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States out of a confluence of African and European music traditions. The use of blue notes, call-and-response, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation and the swung note of ragtime are characteristics traceable back to jazz's West African pedigree.[1] During its early development, jazz also incorporated music from New England's religious hymns and from 19th and 20th century American popular music based on European music traditions.[2] The origins of the word "jazz," which was first used to refer to music in about 1915, are uncertain; for the origin and history, see Jazz (word). Jazz has, from its early 20th century inception, spawned a variety of subgenres, from New Orleans Dixieland dating from the early 1910s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s, a variety of Latin-jazz fusions such as AfroCuban and Brazilian jazz from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz-rock fusion from the 1970s and later developments such as acid jazz and Chant (from Old French chanter[1]) is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of musical subphrases, such as Great Responsories and Offertories of Gregorian chant. Chant may be considered speech, music, or a heightened or stylized form of speech. In the later Middle Ages some religious chant evolved into song (forming one of the roots of later Western music)

One fine day when I sail at the sea I saw a flock of birds hovering above me They swiftly glide with their wings so pretty So they chirp and sing an enchanting melody One hot summer moon, when I went to swim I saw a school of fish beneath the stream They wiggled and flipped and made bubbles all around Their swishing their bubbling made happy sound One lazy afternoon while sitting in the garden I saw a colony of ants carrying their burden It’s amazing to see them gather food in one line To prepare for the rain while the sun still shine One old breezy night when the moon is up high I saw a constellation of stars sparkling the sky They twinkle and glimmer a good memory to keep I wish I could reach them in my dream when I sleep One harvest time when I’m out on the meadow When the grassland is green and the sunshine is yellow I saw a herd of cattle grazing just below the hill While the shepherd is asleep so comfy and still

One cloudy day a swarm of flies followed me So flipped and swished and they flew away from me But on the way next street a pack of dogs barked and chassed me So I ran and ran and went up a tree. One busy day a troupe of actors arrived Wearing costumes and jewels performing with a jive Unlike the gang of laborers who wore shabby clothes They don’t have to dig and pound and carry heavy loads One early hour before the sunrise came I saw a team of players getting ready for their game They ran and jagged and stretched and jumped I’m sure through these preparations they could be the champ