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Year 5

Playing Together: polyrhythms as part of an ensemble

6 lessons

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  • 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 different rhythm patterns from around the world. Through body percussion, pupils play contrasting styles of rhythms and transfer these onto untuned percussion. They play one rhythm against another, building up layers of sound while maintaining a secure sense of pulse.

In this unit, pupils will develop their ability to layer multiple rhythms, building on previous units in which they layered different parts in songs, instrumental accompaniments and composed ostinati. Pupils will develop previously studied rehearsal skills and reflect on previous learning around effective ensemble practice, to produce a more effective performance. Pupils are introduced to the term polyrhythms and explore the feeling of syncopation which will be named and taught explicitly in later units.

  1. The sounds of carnival
  2. Carnival rhythms
  3. Polyrhythms in carnival
  4. Improvising responses using carnival-style rhythms
  5. Performing carnival polyrhythms
  6. Performing polyrhythms in a carnival ensemble performance

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