how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung

create musical sounds with our voice that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds

Heno Heno

British English CC

A La Nanita

creepy castle - soft opening section

Crooked Castle full song 

Crooked Castle - Piano Backing to sing to

'what's that going on inside' line

Creepy Castle louder end section

A keelie mackolay

Heno Heno - piano only to sing to

Try this breathing excercise

Heno Heno - 3 verses

Warm-ups 

How singing softly makes me feel

Music

Strong and soft singing

Singing stronger and feeling energised

Controlling dynamic changes within a song

Following a leader to change dynamics

Changing dynamics to perform with feeling

This unit demonstrates how singing quietly and loudly can change the feel of the song. Pupils listen to music with changing dynamics and think about how it makes them feel. Lullabies and upbeat songs are sung in contrast to each other to identify when calmer or livelier singing is most effective.

Singing together: how singing makes me feel

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

We need to breathe deeply only when we sing loudly.

We need to breathe deeply only when we sing softly.

We need to breathe deeply whenever we sing softly or more loudly.

True or false? Singing softly can help create different moods.

Select some ways that can help us warm up our voices safely.

We can change our __________ when we sing, sometimes singing softly and sometimes singing more strongly.

We can stomp, tap or clap the __________ as we sing.

the voice we use when we talk to each other

to make a percussive musical sound with the body

the voice we use that can be a mixture of high sounds and low sounds

How singing softly makes me feel

Lesson outcome