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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Engage in discussion about the sounds of an orchestral piece.
- Have a selection of varied vocabulary in response to what they hear.
- Change dynamics and pitch, differentiating between the two.
- Take the role of conductor or follow a conductor.
- Change texture within their group improvisation and talk about its effect.
- Create a graphic score to represent sounds.
- Follow the conductor to show changes in pitch, dynamics and texture.
Suggested prior learning
Musical theatre
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Exploring Fingal’s Cave
Lesson 2: Making waves: Pitch and dynamics
Lesson 3: Making waves: Texture
Lesson 4: Group compositions
Lesson 5: We are waves
Key skills
- Discussing musical eras in
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Key knowledge
- To know that the
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Key vocabulary
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Resources
Unit resources
Music
Knowledge organiser: Music – Y6: Dynamics, pitch and texture
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit Dynamics, pitch and texture.
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Unit Vocabulary: Dynamics, pitch and texture
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Dynamics, pitch and texture.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
None relevant to this unit.
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Songs of World War 2
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