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      Performing, listening and responding to each other

      I can rehearse effectively for a performance and reflect on the musical decisions we made.

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      • Year 6

      Performing, listening and responding to each other

      I can rehearse effectively for a performance and reflect on the musical decisions we made.

      Copyrighted materials: to view and download resources from this lesson, you’ll need to be in the UK and

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      Key learning points

      1. Effective rehearsal will likely lead to a more successful performance.
      2. Taking time to consider how we can improve, and what next to work on is an important part of the refining process.
      3. Receiving feedback can help us to reflect on our own performance.
      4. Asking questions about musicians' choices is a powerful way of gaining a greater understanding of the music.

      Keywords

      • Fusion - the process of blending two or more different musical styles, genres, or traditions to create a new, distinct sound

      • Rehearse - to practise in order to improve and prepare for performance

      • Ensemble - a group of people who perform together

      • Perform - presenting our work in front of others

      Common misconception

      Once we can play the rhythms and melodies correctly, there is nothing else we need to do to prepare for a performance.

      We can think about a range of ways to make the music more expressive, for example, adding dynamics to make our music have more impact for an audience.

      Discuss the differences between subjective and objective responses to music. A rhythm may be played inaccurately. That is an objective response. The rhythm is wrong. Whether an individual ‘likes’ a piece of music is a subjective response. There is no right or wrong to preference of music.
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      Equipment

      A class set of pitched and unpitched percussion.

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      UnitMusic / Playing together: arranging and rehearsing a fusion performance