Alley Cat

(Andrea Sangiorgio and Valentina Iadeluca, 2013)

body percussion on music
for children approximately 8+
position: sitting or standing in a semicircle

sequence '5': clap, right hand on breast, left hand on breast, right hand on thigh, left hand on thigh
(this way of building body percussion sequences is derived from Keith Terry www.crosspulse.com)

STRUCTURE

beats actions
A 4 (five plus two)
8+8 '5' + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap
8+8 5 + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap
8+8 5 + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap
8+8 5 + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap

B 3+1 (ping pong)

8+8+8 snap.right clap snap.left clap snap.right clap snap.left clap (x3)
8 bom bom (thighs) cha cha (clap) tikiti tikiti ta (rubbing fingers)

A 2 (five plus two)

8+8 5 + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap
8+8 5 + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap

C 4 (sun)
8+8 7 clap from right to left (from sunrise to sunset), feet: tum kutum kutum kutum
8+8 7 clap from left to right, feet: tum kutum kutum kutum
8+8
repeat the sequence
8+8

B 3+1 (ping pong)

8+8+8 snap.right clap snap.left clap snap.right clap snap.left clap (x3)
8 bom bom (thighs) cha cha (clap) tikiti tikiti ta (rubbing fingers)

A 2 (five plus two)

8+8 5 + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap
8+8 5 + 2 feet + 5 + 2 clap

Coda
8 bom bom (thighs) cha cha (clap) (x2)
last phrase imagine you are playing drums in the air and following the rhythm
phrase [dukadeka dukadeka _(ka)deka]
and close with a final position

- more advanced alternative:

on the rhythm [dukadeka dukadeka] go down rapidly with a sequence
of 8 beats (clap, right breast, left breast, right hip, left hip, right thigh,
left thigh, right foot)
and close with a clap on the last sound [. kadeka]