Woodblock - Orangutan

British English CC

Pitched percussion - Red Panda

Feedback - graphic score - maracas

Feedback - graphic score - glockenspiel

Cymbal - Polar Bear

Feedback - graphic score - gathering drum

Blue Whale - cello

Orangutan - bassoon

Timbre in a Box (video)

Do As I'm Doing

Don't Clap This One Back

Whole body warm ups

Timbre in a Box (audio)

Graphic score notation

Music

Describing the timbre of instruments

Choosing appropriate percussive timbres to represent an animal

Reading graphic scores

Combining rhythm and timbre

Ensemble performance from a graphic score

In this unit, pupils consider how timbre and rhythm can be used to represent animals. Pupils listen to Wiseman’s Carnival of the Endangered Animals and compare music that represents various animals. They create short pieces, recording these on graphic scores to represent a chosen animal.

Compose and create: recording our musical ideas using a graphic score

Which of these lists examples of timbre vocabulary?

because it is the only way to learn music.

a way of writing down music using detailed pictures

True or false. Graphic scores should include pictures with lots of details and pictures of instruments.

An instrument that is played by striking, shaking or scraping is called a __________ instrument.

Before singing and playing music, it is important to {{}} to protect our voice and develop our music skills.

A description of the instrument's unique sound or tone colour is its...

a person who directs musicians or singers

a person who plays instruments or sings in front of an audience

Match the musical word to the definition.

Starter Quiz

An instrument that is played by striking, shaking or scraping is called a __________ instrument.