a sound made by the voice, but does not need to be a word

using sounds to create a feeling, place or story, making you feel like you are really there, for example a journey downriver

to make a percussive musical sound with the body

Vocalisation Example C (audio)

Vocalisation Example A - practise 5x (audio)

Vocalisation Example B - practise 5x (audio)

Vocalisation Example C - practise 5x (audio)

Vocalisation Structure - example 5 (audio)

Vocalisation Structure - example 2 (audio)

Vocalisation Structure - example 3 (audio)

Vocalisation Structure - example 4 (audio)

Vocalisation Example B (audio)

Vocalisation Structure - example 6 (audio)

Body percussion soundscape example (video)

British English CC

Vocalisation Example A (audio)

Task B Feedback - river soundscape example (audio)

Vocalisation Structure - example 1 (audio)

A Sailor Went to Sea (accompaniment)

Warm-Ups (video)

Tongo (audio)

Tongo (video)

Yangtze Boatman Song (audio - steady)

Yangtze Boatman Song (audio - faster)

A Sailor Went to Sea (video)

A Sailor Went to Sea

River soundscapes

Music

Seaside soundscapes

Ocean soundscapes

Stormy seas soundscapes

In this optional unit, water and classical music examples inspire soundscape compositions as we journey from beach, to open water, rivers and stormy seas. Pupils use pitched and unpitched percussion, vocalisations and body percussion to create their soundscapes, recording these using graphic scores.

Compose and create: soundscapes of the sea

When we vocalise, we make a sound with our ...

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

True or false? We always use percussion instruments when composing a soundscape.

__________ is when you use sounds to create a feeling, place or story, making you feel like you are really there, for example a journey downriver.

Changing dynamics can help us build our soundscape. What does dynamics mean?

the regular steady heartbeat of the music

a description of the sound or tone of an instrument

We can think about a sound's timbre when creating a soundscape. What is timbre?

River soundscapes

Lesson outcome