Liberty's Principles Pals Band
'How the Hive Works' uses Buzz's beehive as the perfect metaphor for constitutional structure.
Connected Principle
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Why is it important to write rules down instead of just remembering them?
What happens when one branch of government tries to do everything?
How is a beehive like a well-run government?
The song says 'a memory bends to fit what you want to see' -- what does that mean?
Music Discovery
The bouncy, uneven rhythm -- da-DUM da-DUM instead of da-da-da-da
The snare drum doing a shuffle pattern
How the piano chords land just slightly after the beat
Say 'buzz buzz buzz' in a straight rhythm. Now say it with a swing: BUZZ-buzz BUZZ-buzz. Hear the difference?
Walk around the room with a straight walk, then try a swagger. Swing music is the swagger version of rhythm.
Swing
A bouncy rhythm where pairs of notes are played long-short instead of equal
Shuffle
A drum pattern that swings -- boom-CHA-ka boom-CHA-ka
Straight
Notes played evenly, like a clock ticking -- the opposite of swing
Swing Feel
When the whole band plays with that bouncy long-short groove together