Learning objective
- To use tuned percussion to play a chord progression.
Success criteria
- I can play a major chord on tuned
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National curriculum
Music
Pupils should be taught to:
- Play
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Cross-curricular links
- None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could play just the first note of the chord; could have different coloured stickers on the notes: red for the A major chord, blue for the D major chord and green for E major chord (this will correspond with the colours on the Presentation: Playing Shosholoza and the Activity: Playing ‘Shosholoza).
Pupils working at greater depth
Could attempt to play all three notes together, using two beaters in one hand.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: playing a chord with two notes
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Vocabulary definitions
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chord
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In this unit
Lesson 1: Space soundtrack
Lesson 1: Shosholoza a cappella
Lesson 1: The singing river
Lesson 2: Listening to space
Lesson 2: Playing Shosholoza
Lesson 2: The listening river
Lesson 3: Comparing planets
Lesson 3: The Shosholoza show
Lesson 3: The repeating river
Lesson 4: Planet motif
Lesson 4: Drumming away to Africa
Lesson 4: The percussive river
Lesson 5: Journey to space
Lesson 5: Eight-beat breaks
Lesson 5: The performing river