Adapting and transposing motifs
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Adapting and transposing motifs (Theme: Romans)
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Learn a new song, singing in time and in tune while following the lyrics.
- Identify motifs aurally and play a repeated pattern on a tuned instrument.
- Create and performing a motif, notating it with reasonable accuracy.
- Transpose their motif, using sharp or flat notes where necessary and change the rhythm.
- Combine different versions of a musical motif and perform as a group using musical notation.
Suggested prior learning
Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Theme: Rivers)
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Here come the Romans
- To sing in tune and in time.
Lesson 2: Musical motifs
- To understand what a musical motif is.
Lesson 3: Motifs and mosaics
- To compose and notate a motif.
Lesson 4: Motif development
- To develop and transpose a musical motif.
Lesson 5: Combine and perform
- To combine and perform different versions of a musical motif.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
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Knowledge organiser: Music – Y4 Adapting and transposing motifs (Romans)
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Vocabulary display: Adapting and transposing motifs
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