the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

a device used to make a musical sound which is played by striking, scraping or shaking

the way an instrument sounds that helps us identify it

Explain - Game 2 - Bee, Bee, Bumblebee

British English CC

Task A - Minibeast party with vocal 

Explain - Game 1 - Bee, Bee, Bumblebee

Explain - Beetle on my toe - with vocal

Explain - Beetle on my toe - backing track

egg shakers

glockenspiel

rainstick

tambourine

djembe

claves

triangle

wood block

guiro

ocean drum

drum

maracas

Explain - Exploring classroom percussion

Explain - Lucas - triangle

CfU2 - which instrument can you hear? (2)

Timbre time - learn the game

Explain - Jun - claves

Timbre Time - audio support

CfU1 - which instrument can you hear? (1)

Rubber Chicken

Warming up my voice

Baby One, Two, Three

Warm ups

Identifying the timbre of classroom percussion

Music

Singing, moving and playing to a steady pulse

Echoing simple rhythm patterns

Reading rhythms from pictures

Composing a rhythm sequence using pictures

Playing rhythm patterns to a steady pulse

In this unit, pupils use minibeast names to rehearse and compose simple four beat rhythms by clapping, chanting and performing on untuned percussion. They use minibeast images to order and repeat these rhythms. Backing tracks are used to aid rehearsal and performance of their rhythmic compositions.

Compose and Create: exploring and performing rhythm patterns

What type of instrument is played by striking, shaking or scraping?

finding lots of different ways to make a sound on an instrument.

We can show we have a good sense of the pulse by ...

the way an instrument sounds that helps us identify it.

Which of these percussion instruments is played by shaking it?

When we are speaking to the regular, steady pulse, we are {{}}.

the playing or showing of the steady pulse like the ticking of a clock

a musical instrument which is played by striking, scraping or shaking

Match the musical word to the definition.

Starter Quiz

How is this guiro played?