a sequence of exercises used to prepare the mind and body for playing instruments

a description of the sound or tone of an instrument

an instrument played by striking, scraping or shaking

Whole body warm ups

British English CC

Do As I'm Doing

Ta Ta-di Ta-di Ta (Clave)

Debbie Wiseman introduces herself as a composer

Polar Bear - Frozen landscape

Harp extract from Polar Bear

Glockenspiel extract from Polar Bear

Sorting Game

Claves

Glockenspiel

Drum

Check - a

Check - b

Check - c

Woodblock

Wooden Agogo

Triangle

Sleigh Bells 

Hand Drum 

Djembe

Timbre in a Box (video)

Timbre in a Box (audio)

Describing the timbre of instruments

Music

Choosing appropriate percussive timbres to represent an animal

Reading graphic scores

Combining rhythm and timbre

Graphic score notation

Ensemble performance from a graphic score

In this unit, pupils consider how timbre and rhythm can be used to represent animals. Pupils listen to Wiseman’s Carnival of the Endangered Animals and compare music that represents various animals. They create short pieces, recording these on graphic scores to represent a chosen animal.

Compose and create: recording our musical ideas using a graphic score

Which of these instruments makes a wooden sound?

a description of the sound or tone of an instrument.

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music.

When we talk about the timbre in music we mean:

Somebody who creates new music is called a {{}}.

True or False? Timbre is the only musical element that can help create a musical story.

When we speak in time together to the steady pulse we are...

When we prepare our minds, bodies and voices for music, we are {{}}.

an instrument you play by striking, shaking or scraping

an instrument you play by blowing, plucking or scraping

an instrument you play by striking, bowing or blowing

the regular, steady heartbeat of the music

the playing or showing of the steady pulse like the ticking of a clock

the pattern of sounds that we play and sing

Match the musical element to the definition.

Starter Quiz

When we speak in time together to the steady pulse we are...