South and West Africa
Year 5 - Music - Spring 1
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Core Learning
Core Learning
Sing using the correct pronunciation and with increasing confidence
Play a chord with two notes, remaining in time
Maintain their part in a performance with accuracy
Play the more complicated rhythms in time and with rests
Create an eight beat break and play this in the correct place
Key Knowledge
To know that:
Songs sung in other languages can contain sounds that are unfamiliar to us, like the clicks of the Xhosa language.
'The Click Song' is a traditional song sung in the Xhosa language and is believed to bring good luck at weddings.
Major chords create a bright, happy sound.
Poly-rhythms means many rhythms played at once.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
a cappella
call and response
dynamics
performance
chord
improvisation
ostinato
break
poly-rhythms
master drummer
syncopation
metronome
What came before?
What came before?
Throughout music lessons in years R - 5, children have worked in groups to compose music using pitched and unpitched percussion instruments.
What comes after?
What comes after?
In Year 6, children will continue to learn about different styles of music in the unit entitled 'Songs of World War Two'.
Useful Resources
Useful Resources
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