Blues
Year 5 - Music - Autumn 2
Year 5 - Music - Autumn 2
Name three key features of Blues music
Sing in tune, using vocal expression to convey meaning
Explain what a chord is and play the chord of C sixteen times
Play the twelve bar blues correctly
Play the notes of the Blues scale in the correct order, ascending and descending
Play a selection of Blues scale notes out of order in their own improvisation
Key Knowledge
To know that:
A chord is the layering of several pitches played at the same time.
12-bar Blues is a sequence of 12 bars of music, made up of three different chords.
'Blues' music aims to share feelings and blues songs tend to be about sadness or worry.
A 'bent note' is a note that varies in its pitch, eg the pitch may slide up or down
A chord is the layering of several pitches played at the same time.
Blues
chord
12-bar Blues
bar
scale
Blues scale
bent notes
ascending scale
descending scale
improvisation
Throughout years 2-4, children have learnt about different musical styles including, traditional British songs, jazz, pentatonic melodies, samba and carnival, classical orchestrations and ballads.
In Year 6, children will continue to learn about different styles of music in the unit entitled 'Baroque'.