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Year 3

Playing together: building texture with melody, drone and ostinato

6 lessons

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  • Playing together in an ensemble
  • Practising and preparing for a performance

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In this unit, we build the texture in our songs by adding a drone and melodic ostinato. Our focus is on how we rehearse and play together as an ensemble. The songs and instrumental accompaniments are taught through listening, practising and memorising.

This unit develops pupils' ability to feel the pulse while playing and singing. Pupils have experience of accompanying a song using untuned percussion. This is developed, with pupils accompanying using simple repeated melodic phrases while singing at the same time. The toneset for our accompaniments consolidates earlier learning of do, mi, so, and la. Throughout this unit, pupils continue to develop their understanding of how to practise and rehearse effectively.

  1. Identifying different layers of accompaniment under song
  2. Drone accompaniments to songs
  3. Layering simple accompaniments to create a thicker texture
  4. Melodic ostinato accompaniments to songs
  5. Playing a melodic ostinato and singing simultaneously
  6. Rehearsing songs with layers of instrumental accompaniments

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