performing with fluency means the pitches and rhythms are played correctly and in time to a pulse

adding musical expression can mean changing dynamics, playing legato, or stressing the first beat of the bar

Going Home First Two Sections Video

British English CC

Expression Video

Fluency Audio

Feedback - Audio

Performing the melody and accompaniment for Going Home

Music

The string family and the woodwind family

Playing an orchestral melody in the C position

The brass family and playing in the F position

The percussion family and performing the full melody

Performing the accompaniment for Going Home

Playing in a different position on the keyboard, developing keyboard technique, reinforcing and developing understanding of the notes on the stave.

Learning to play in the C position, learning to read the notes C - G on the stave, developing keyboard technique, developing ability to appraise performances, developing listening skills in identifying and responding to orchestral music

This unit develops knowledge and understanding of the instruments of the orchestra.  Pupils also learn to play a famous orchestral melody on the keyboard, learning to play and move out of position and they learn to identify from C to octave C on the stave through performance.

Orchestral melodies

Which of these instruments is not a brass instrument.

Which of these instruments is in the percussion section?

Which of these instruments is in the string section?

Performing with __________ means the pitches and rhythms are played correctly and in time to a pulse.

Which of these techniques would help to add expression to a performance?

When we play with a smooth movement between each note, what is it called?

What is the name given to a group of musicians performing together e.g. a choir, band or orchestra?

When we play the Going Home melody, our right hand plays in the C position, and in which other position?

Adding {{}} to our piece helps us play with expression. For example, we could play some parts more quietly than others.

The melody for Going Home is in an ABA __________.

When playing the left hand accompaniment to Going Home, which number finger plays the note C?

When performing the melody and accompaniment to Going Home, the right and left hand should be an {{}} apart.

Starter Quiz

What is the name given to a group of musicians performing together e.g. a choir, band or orchestra?