how each part is matched against another to ensure that no one part overwhelms the others

British English CC

Leave Her Johnny part 1 (melody)

Leave Her Johnny part 2 (harmony)

Leave Her Johnny Verse call and the response melody and harmony

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Salibonani

Learning a sea shanty in harmony and developing a performance

Music

Performing a spiritual in unison

Performing a partner song

Music Alone Shall Live

Learning Riptide extended melody in unison

Performing Riptide in three parts

Learning a sea shanty with changing dynamics

The song guides cover a diverse selection of songs, designed to develop vocal technique, musical expression and ensemble skills, and building confidence and musical literacy. They can be broken down across multiple lessons to integrate them into the sequence, but can also be taught as full lessons.

Year 7 song guides

When singing in harmony, what should we do?

avoiding eye contact with audience members

Which action would help us improve our storytelling when singing?

Call and response is an example of which musical element?

different notes sung together at the same time

a soloist sings and a group answers in harmony

Match the texture to its correct description.

Which performance instruction indicates we should sing quietly?

Which performance instruction tells us to sing loudly?

Which should be loudest, the harmony or the melody?

What type of workers traditionally sang sea shanties?

Starter Quiz

Which performance instruction indicates we should sing quietly?