Changing the tempo to build excitement
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can sing songs with a changing tempo and can explain how this makes the song feel.
Key learning points
- We can use changing dynamics along with facial expressions and actions to give a song character.
- Tempo is the speed of the music, it means how fast or slow it is played or sung.
- We can change the tempo to change how a song feels.
Keywords
Dynamics - how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung
Tempo - the speed of the music - how fast or slow the music is played
Practise - to play or sing something several times to try and get better
Common misconception
Sometimes we exaggerate tempo changes, interpreting singing fast as singing 'as fast as we can'.
Subtle tempo changes can affect the character of the music as well as big ones.
Teacher tip
Model tempo changes and use example recordings to show the effect that subtle tempo changes have on the character of the music.
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