Choosing appropriate percussive timbres to represent an animal
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can respond to music through movement and understand that timbre can help to develop a character.
Key learning points
- Composers can create music that helps us imagine animals, characters or stories.
- Moving to music can help us imagine the stories the composer is trying to tell.
- Instruments are chosen because of their timbre but all the musical elements need to work together to create the animal.
- 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
Conductor - a person who directs musicians or singers
Timbre - a description of the sound or tone of an instrument
Common misconception
Timbre alone creates a musical story.
All the musical elements need to work together to create a musical story. A clarinet can be many things depending on how it is played - not just an orangutan.
Teacher tip
Encourage pupils to explore many different ways one instrument can be played, for example the different sounds created when a nail scrapes a skin versus fingertips gently tapping the skin.
Equipment
A variety of classroom percussion. A box with a lid that can fit multiple instruments inside.
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