Jazz
Year 3 - Music - Summer 1
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Core Learning
Core Learning
Explain what ragtime music is
Play on the ‘off beat’ and sing a syncopated rhythm
Play a call and then improvise a response
Improvise or compose a scat singing performance with sounds and words
Compose and play a jazz motif fluently, using swung quavers
Play a swung rhythm using a tuned percussion instrument
Key Knowledge
To know that:
‘Syncopation' means a rhythm that is played off the natural beat.
Ragtime is piano music that uses syncopation and a fast tempo.
Jazz is a type of music that originated in the African-American communities of the USA about 120 years ago
'Scat singing' is using made-up words to create the sound of an instrument playing.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
call and response
jazz
motif
Ragtime
rhythm
scat singing
straight quaver
swung quaver
syncopation
What came before?
What came before?
In Year 2, children learnt about different styles of music in the unit entitled 'Instruments (Theme: Musical Story Telling), and earlier in year 3, have learnt about 'Ballads' and 'Pentatonic Melodies'. They have also learnt about rhythms and how to notate simple rhythms.
What comes after?
What comes after?
In Year 4, children will continue to learn about different styles of music in the unit entitled 'Samba and Carnival Sounds and Instruments'.
Useful Resources
Useful Resources
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