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Support: Some children may find it easier to keep their beatbox patterns rhythmical if they add simple matching actions.
eXTenDeD LeaRningAdd a simple beatbox accompaniment to a song that you know.
Exploring our voicesExplore the voice as an instrument and beatbox drum kit sounds
Children: – understand about instrument classifications of how sounds are produced;
– explore their voices through beatboxing;
– learn simple drum kit beatbox sounds.
Mix it upLearn to sing a song and add beatbox sounds
Children: – listen to a song and identify beatbox sounds;
– learn a song and add their own beatbox sound patterns;
– perform the song and beatbox patterns with a backing track.
Make it upChildren invent their own beatbox pattern to perform in a song
Children: – invent their own vocal beatbox patterns in pairs;
– demonstrate their invented beatbox patterns to the class;
– perform a song, performing their beatbox patterns in the music gaps.
vocabuLaRy• Aerophone• Chordophone• Membranophone• Idiophone• Beatbox
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LeSSon LeaRning
• Learning about classifying instruments by the way sounds are produced
• Learning some simple beatboxing sounds
• Singing a song and adding beatboxing sounds
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• Learning about aerophones
• Learning to sing partner songs
Support: Notice the start of each song to help groups begin singing without coming in late: Oh, when the Saints begins, followed by Swing low and I’m gonna sing, which start together. This train then follows on the first strong beat.
eXTenDeD LeaRningInvite members of your own class or other children/adults in the school who play an aerophone instrument to demonstrate playing it to the class – showing in particular how the sound is made and how they change the pitch.
When the saintsIdentify and respond to four well-known instruments in a song
Children: – watch movies to understand how aerophones produce sound;
– understand the structure of a song by listening to a performance;
– in groups, follow the structure by miming playing instruments in different sections of the song.
Saint train swing singLearn to sing four spirituals and identify their melody instrument
Children: – listen to four spirituals sung individually and together;
– learn to sing each of the four spiritual partner songs;
– tap the beat as they identify four melody instruments.
Saint train swing sing performanceCombine singing four songs together in a performance
Children: – sing partner songs individually in four groups, then gradually combine all four;
– perform four spirituals as partner songs in four groups, individually and combined.
vocabuLaRy• Aerophone• Break• Spiritual
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Support: Keeping the movements of the Mr Miller instrument mimes rhythmical will help the three groups visually as they sing the song as a round. They will be able to more readily see and feel the same beat if movements are simple, and this will help them to keep their singing in time. A confident conductor will also help to indicate the beat of the song.
eXTenDeD LeaRningThe children invent a beatbox accompaniment to perform with Hey, Mr Miller and perform the complete song to a friendly audience.
In the moodClassify the dance band instruments playing In the mood
Children: – watch a movie of a big band and discuss the main instrument groups;
– explore the ways sound is produced by the different instrument groups;
– identify the song structure.
Hey, Mr MillerLearn a song and use actions to demonstrate its structure
Children: – learn to sing a song and identify the instruments featured in its three sections;
– sing in three groups, and mime playing instruments to illustrate the song structure.
Hey, Mr Miller roundSing Hey, Mr Miller as a three-part round
Children: – listen to a song performance and identify its structure;
– sing a three-part round;
– add mimes of playing instruments as they sing;
– perform the song in unison and as a three-part round.
Musical focus: Exploring soundsSubject link: ScienceUnit: Sounds
LeSSon LeaRning
• Learning about classifying instruments by the way sounds are produced
• Exploring the combined expressive effects of different instrument groups
vocabuLaRy• Aerophone• Chordophone• Membranophone• Idiophone• Unison• Round• Vibration
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