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Music at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 12: Bhajan/qawwali (exploring Indian musical genres)

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About this unit

The unit develops pupils' ability to identify, explore and perform bhajan/qawwali with understanding of its conventions and context.

During this unit, pupils sing bhajan and qawwali and recognise some of the features of these songs. They extend and develop musical ideas within the conventions of a rag and tal. They learn about the cultures and contexts in which these genres are performed and begin to appreciate how they are performed. They invent melodic material within a rag, add their own accompaniments within a tal, and perform them.

This unit is expected to take 5-14 hours.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Introduction: what is bhajan/qawwali?
2. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali?
3. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali? (2)
4. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali? (3)
5. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali? (4)
6. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali? (5)
7. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali? (6)
8. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali? (8)
9. Exploration: what are the musical characteristics of bhajan/qawwali? (8)
10. Application: performing bhajan/qawwali