Ocean soundscapes
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create an ocean soundscape and capture this using a graphic score.
Key learning points
- Music can be used in films to help tell the story.
- Instrumentation and the musical elements, such as dynamic changes, all help to tell the story.
- We think about instrumentation and the musical elements when creating soundscapes.
- A soundscape can be captured using a graphic score.
Keywords
Dynamics - how loud or quiet the music is played or sung
Instrumentation - the combination of musical instruments used in a piece of music
Soundscape - using sounds to create a feeling, place or story, making you feel like you are really there, for example in the ocean
Ensemble - a group of people who perform together
Graphic score - a way of notating music using symbols, shapes or images
Common misconception
The timbre of an instrument creates the mood of the piece.
The instrumentation helps, but it is the combination of all the musical elements that creates the mood of a piece. For example, dynamic changes can build drama.
Teacher tip
Model various ways to represent sound as symbol, creating a variety of graphic score symbols as a class.
Equipment
A variety of classroom percussion with a mix of materials, including metal, plastic, skin and wooden. One instrument for every pupil ideally.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Which of these are musical elements?
Q2.What family of instruments does the trumpet belong to?
Q3.What family of instruments does the violin belong to?
Q4.What family of instruments does the triangle belong to?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.__________ is the combination of musical instruments used in a piece of music.
Q2.A is a way of notating music using symbols, shapes or images.
Q3.Which musical element means 'how loud or quiet the music is played'?
Q4.Thomas Newman is an example of a film music ...
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