to practise in order to improve and prepare for performance

to present music, playing or singing for an audience

a musical part that supports the main melody

playing two or more conflicting rhythms at the same time

Lost My Gold Ring Rhythm 2

British English CC

Lost My Gold Ring

Lost My Gold Ring Rhythm 1

Lost My Gold Ring Rhythms 1&2

Mango Walk

Senwa Dedende 

Ning Wendete all rhythms 1,2&3

To Stop the Train 4 Part round - audio

To Stop the Train 4 Part round - video

Ning Wendete 

 Ning Wendete Claves rhythm 1

Ning Wendete Djembe Rhythm 2

Ning Wendete Shaker rhythm 3

To Stop the Train 2 verses

Four White Horses 140bpm

Bate Bate Chocolate

Bananas

Four White Horses 100bpm - audio

Four White Horses 100bpm

Four White Horses 140bpm - audio

Polyrhythmic accompaniments

Music

Syncopation in songs

Syncopated rhythms

Introducing polyrhythm

Layering rhythms

Creating polyrhythms

This unit explores different rhythm patterns from around the world. Through body percussion pupils play contrasting styles of rhythms and transfer these onto untuned percussion.  They play one rhythm against another, building up layers of sound whilst  maintaining a secure sense of pulse.

Sing, play, perform: accompanying songs with polyrhythms

to improve our playing or singing together

True or false? Every time we rehearse together, we should work on the same things to get better at them.

so we can move onto learning something new

we play as loud as we can so everyone knows we have practised really well

monitoring dynamics to make sure our part is always the loudest part

monitoring dynamics so each layer can be heard as we want it to be heard

What do we mean by 'balancing the sound'?

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a repeating chord played throughout a piece

a repeating musical idea created from a short melodic pattern

a repeating musical idea created from a rhythmic pattern

We accompany Senwa Dedende with a rhythmic ostinato. How would you describe this?

Which of these is an example of an unpitched percussion instrument?

two or more songs that fit together sung at the same time

multiple groups sing the same melody but start at different times

rhythmical speech, often over a musical accompaniment

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Polyrhythmic accompaniments

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.