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Year 1

Compose and Create: exploring and performing rhythm patterns

6 lessons

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  • Creating, composing and improvising
  • Notating and sharing music
  • Playing together in an ensemble

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In this unit, pupils use minibeast names to rehearse and compose simple four beat rhythms by clapping, chanting and performing on untuned percussion. They use minibeast images to order and repeat these rhythms. Backing tracks are used to aid rehearsal and performance of their rhythmic compositions.

This unit introduces rhythm to the pupils. We introduce the keywords ‘composer’ and ‘composition’ and pupils participate in their first composition task: ordering and repeating rhythmic patterns using picture flash cards. By chanting and playing their compositions on untuned percussion, the pupils experience their first success in composition. This clear and simple scaffold for composition provides the foundations for future composition units. Pupils follow classroom routines for using percussion instruments safely and in a positive and purposeful way.

  1. Singing, moving and playing to a steady pulse
  2. Identifying the timbre of classroom percussion
  3. Echoing simple rhythm patterns
  4. Reading rhythms from pictures
  5. Composing a rhythm sequence using pictures
  6. Playing rhythm patterns to a steady pulse
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