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QCA

ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3)

Unit 3B: Manipulating sound
Section 4: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • key idea: that electronic and live sounds can be combined in a performance

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Work with the class to create a longer musical composition using the same software to create 'a loop' (repeating a complete section of music as many times as required). Ask groups of children to take turns to improvise percussion parts.
  • Ask the class to identify the rhythmic pattern which can be repeated and to devise a percussive accompaniment. They record their ideas using symbols and record their performance using a tape recorder.
  • Discuss with the children some of the differences between the live and computer-controlled aspects of the composition.
  • recognise some of the differences between live and computer-controlled sounds

Sections in this unit

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1. SETTING THE SCENE
2. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
3. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
4. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
5. INTEGRATED TASK