Jazz

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Explain what ragtime music is.
  • Play on the ‘off beat’ and sing a syncopated rhythm.
  • Play a call and then improvise a response.
  • Improvise or compose a scat singing performance with sounds and words.
  • Compose and play a jazz motif fluently, using swung quavers.
  • Play a swung rhythm using a tuned percussion instrument.

Suggested prior learning

Pentatonic melodies and composition (Theme: Chinese New Year)

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Ragtime

  • To sing and clap a syncopated rhythm for a ragtime-style song.
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Lesson 2: Traditional jazz

  • To improvise a call and response.
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Lesson 3: Scat singing

  • To be able to scat sing using the call and response format.
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Lesson 4: Jazz motifs

  • To create a jazz motif.
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Lesson 5: Swung rhythms

  • To adapt a familiar tune using jazz rhythms.
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Key skills

  • Discussing the stylistic features

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Key knowledge

  • To understand that ‘syncopation’

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