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Year 4

Compose and Create: improvising within Hindustani classical music

6 lessons

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  • Creating, composing and improvising
  • Music over time and in different places
  • Notating and sharing music
  • Playing together in an ensemble
  • Practising and preparing for a performance

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This unit explores the three main components of Hindustani classical music. Pupils hear rhythmic patterns played on the tabla drums and learn how to recite a taal using the spoken mnemonic syllables (bols). They create texture by adding an improvised raag using five notes, and finally add a drone.

Pupils build on their ability to add layers of sound and their understanding of texture is deepened. The effective use of drones is revisited which supports their growing understanding of harmony. This unit incorporates more independent group work which offers an increased level of autonomy. Pupils improvise on tuned percussion using an expanding toneset. By using improvisation, pupils learn that music isn’t always fixed or final. This freedom supports creative composition in later units. Pupils deepen their understanding that music can be notated in different ways.

  1. Playing taals and speaking bols
  2. Singing and playing raags
  3. Singing and playing a melody in a five note raag
  4. Improvising using a five note raag
  5. Combining taals and raags
  6. Bringing together taal, raag, and drone
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