Key Learning Objectives: To further develop aural skills and understanding of how a melody moves. To work in small groups to ‘notate’ patterns of notes, using objects to mirror both rise and fall in pitch. Starter activity: Select an activity from the Pitch Starter Bank. Main activity: Representing note patterns: Listen to ‘Bristol Pitches’ and pitch pattern the […]
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Year 3, Unit 2: Junk Percussion – Lesson 4
Key Learning Objectives: To compose and play rhythms including rests. To understand how rests are notated. To begin to notate rhythms including rests. Starter activity: Select an activity from the Rhythm Starter Bank. Main activity: Recap the symbol for a crotchet (quarter note) rest. Pupils to tip cups to create a 4 beat rhythm and […]
Year 3, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 5
Key Learning Objective: To complete composing the soundscape and notate on graphic score. Additional Learning Objective: To choose a location and represent it through notated symbols and with a particular dynamic. Starter activity: Revisit ‘Hot Air Balloon song’, focusing on the direction of the melody. Does it move in steps or leaps? Main activity: Recap […]
Year 3, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 3
Key Learning Objectives: To create a soundscape with an identifiable structure. Starter activity: One group to perform their soundscape from the previous lesson. Response to ask why certain aspects of the performance are not the same as the previous lessons performance. Main activity: Introduce the concept of notation, using the idea of a graphic score to […]
Year 2, Unit 1: Water – Lesson 2
Key Learning Objective: To explore the correlation between pitch and high/low notation. Additional Learning Objectives: To create my own symbols to represent sounds. To define music vocabulary –pitch (HIGH and LOW) and identify the pitch when heard. To keep a beat/respond to a beat. Starter activity: Introduce the vocabulary of pitch (high/middle/low) demonstrating these pitches using […]
Year 1, Unit 1: Air – Lesson 6
Key Learning Objective: To understand Rondo form and create a class composition based on this structure. Starter activity: Listening exercise based on the track ‘Carl Goes Up’ by Michael Giacchino. Main activity: Listening and response exercise to ‘Over English Country’ by David Poore, focusing on how the composer uses the instruments to create a relaxing, gliding sensation. […]
Secondary Curriculum – Pathway to a Piece: Lesson 1, Main 1: Active Bach Listening
Time: 15 minutes Group size: Whole Class/Individual Tag words: solo, violins, orchestra, notation, changes, texture, chords, structure, sketch, blocks, colours Play the class the first movement of Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor. Tell the pupils that the piece is for two solo violins and a string orchestra. Watch with the animated notation: […]