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Staccato and legato

Topics Year 1
This unit is part of Carnival of the Animals British Birds

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Objectives

Music

  • Play tuned and un-tuned instruments musically.
  • Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
  • Experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music.

Lesson Planning

Children will listen to the music `The Swan´ and `Hens and Cockerels´. Then will use musical terminology to describe and compare the pieces, working to create a group musical composition.

Teaching Outcomes
Understand how sounds can be made in different ways, learn the musical terms legato and staccato.
Play tuned and un-tuned instruments.
Organise musical ideas to make a group composition.

Children will:

  • Understand how sounds can be made in different ways.
  • Learn the musical terms legato and staccato.
  • Play tuned and un-tuned instruments.
  • Organise musical ideas to make a group composition.

Provided Resources

  • List of animals from the 'Carnival of the Animals' movements
  • Music composition guidance

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

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