Seaside soundscapes
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can create a seaside soundscape, thinking about timbre and dynamics.
Key learning points
- The material that an instrument is made from will affect the instrument’s timbre.
- Music can create images in our minds, like Le Onde creates images of seaside and waves.
- We can use percussion instruments to create soundscapes.
- Graphic scores are one way of capturing our musical ideas.
- When we make music together, we are an ensemble.
Keywords
Percussion instrument - a device used to make a musical sound which is played by striking, scraping or shaking
Soundscape - using sounds to create a feeling, place, or story, making you feel like you are really there, for example, at the seaside
Graphic score - a way of notating music using symbols, shapes or images
Timbre - a description of the sound or tone of an instrument
Ensemble - a group of people who perform together
Common misconception
The piano is not a percussion instrument.
The piano is a percussion instrument because the hammers inside strike the strings.
Teacher tip
Spend time showing pupils many different ways they can create sounds from just one instrument, from changing whether you strike, tap, scratch or shake a tambourine for example, to changing the dynamics and tempo of how you play.
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.What is an audience?
Q2.Match the musical word to its definition.
a person who creates music
a person who directs musicians or singers
to create music
Q3.__________ means how loud or quiet the music is played.
Q4.The __________ of the music is the way the music is organised.
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.A __________ is a device used to make a musical sound which is played by striking, scraping or shaking.
Q2.A __________ is a type of composition where you use sounds to create a feeling, place, or story, making you feel like you are really there, for example, at the seaside.
Q3.A is a way of writing down music using symbols, shapes or images.
Q4.True or false? Being in an ensemble means performing on your own.
To help you plan your 2 music lesson on: Seaside soundscapes, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your 2 music lesson on: Seaside soundscapes, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
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