Graphic score notation
I can use symbols to write my animal sounds on a graphic score.
Graphic score notation
I can use symbols to write my animal sounds on a graphic score.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Music can be notated to share and remember for another day.
- A graphic score is one way of reading and writing notation.
- Graphic scores need to be clear and simple symbols, not pictures.
- An instrument might be chosen to represent an animal based on its timbre.
- Percussion instruments can be played in many different ways to create the imagery of an animal or environment.
Keywords
Composer - a person who creates music
Notation - a way of writing music down
Graphic score - a way of writing down music using symbols, shapes or images
Timbre - a description of the sound or tone of an instrument
Common misconception
Music is always notated on a score.
Some music is never notated, it is shared by singing and playing. Some notation uses graphic scores, or rhythm grids. Any way of sharing how the music is expected to be played is a form of notation.
Equipment
A variety of classroom percussion. A box with a lid that can fit multiple instruments inside.
Licence
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
4 Questions
a person who creates music
a person who directs musicians or singers
a person who plays instruments or sings in front of an audience
Exit quiz
4 Questions