Musical Theatre
Year 5 - Music - Summer 2
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Core Learning
Core Learning
Explain what musical theatre is and be able to recall at least three different features of this kind of music
Categorise songs as action songs or character songs
Select appropriate existing music for their scene to tell the story of a journey
Perform in time with their groups, ensuring smooth transitions between spoken dialogue, singing and dancing
Key Knowledge
To know that:
Musical theatre includes both character and action songs, which explain what is going on and how characters feel.
Choreography means the organisation of steps or moves in a dance.
Musical theatre uses transitions, which are short passages of music used to move between sections of the musical action.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Action song
Backdrop
Book musical
Character song
Choreographer
Composer
Comic opera
Costumes
Designer
Dialogue
Director
Duet
Ensemble
Hip-hop musical
What came before?
What came before?
Throughout years 2-4, children have learnt about different musical styles including, traditional British songs, jazz, pentatonic melodies, samba and carnival, classical orchestrations, ballads and, earlier in year 5, blues.
What comes after?
What comes after?
In Year 6, children will continue to use their voices, tuned and untuned instruments to compose music in the units entitled 'Film Music' and 'Theme and Variations'.
Useful Resources
Useful Resources
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