Music at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 1/2)
Unit 7: Rain, rain, go away - Exploring timbre, tempo and dynamics
Section 4: Exploration: How can we use sounds to describe the weather? (3)
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Objectives |
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- about sounds made by different sound sources
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Activities |
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Children: |
- For each type of weather, ask the children to suggest instruments that make sounds like those described by the selected words. Take each of the weather words in turn and ask the children to think of instrumental sounds to match them, eg a drum roll for the word 'thunder', rapid taps on a woodblock for the words 'pitter patter'. Discuss ways of improving the instrumental sounds. Experiment with different beaters, with dynamics, tempos and duration.
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- select appropriate instruments and choose and combine sounds carefully
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Points to note |
- Selecting instruments before they are played is a challenge for children at this key stage but this should be encouraged as it develops and demonstrates the ability to internalise sounds.
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