As We Close Our Sleepy Eyes 

British English CC

Animation of the Hansel and Gretel story

Listen again - music only

How quality of movement can bring life to a story

Watch this clip from Royal Ballet and Opera

Watch this video of a singer from the Royal Ballet and Opera

Use the track to work through each technique

Apply the techniques 

Spellcasting

Character Role Call

Controlling our voice to convey the feeling of a song

Music

Balancing harmony lines in songs

Characterful singing

Articulation and vocal quality when singing

Effective rehearsal for a singing performance

Reflecting on a successful performance

In this unit, pupils develop their vocal technique and perform songs with a harmony line. They learn to rehearse songs to a performance standard and evaluate their singing, ensuring that they are able to convey the style of each song through an accurate, confident and responsive performance.

Singing for performance: conveying emotion and character through performance

how the notes or groups of notes should be played or sung.

how each part is matched, to ensure that no one part overwhelms the others.

when the melody is embellished with extra notes.

The up and down movement of pitches in music is called the {{}} shape.

True or false? If we can't read the music, we should just follow the words.

{{}} is the musical term for how loud or quiet the music is.

A combination of notes to make a memorable tune is called a ...

a musical thought, like a sentence in a story

the combination of different layers of sounds

a description of the sound or tone of an instrument

the speed of the music - how fast or slow the music is played

Controlling our voice to convey the feeling of a song

Lesson outcome