Year 6

To develop a song through the use of harmony

Year 6

To develop a song through the use of harmony

warning

These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Switch to our new teaching resources now - designed by teachers and leading subject experts, and tested in classrooms.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn two key parts of a new warm-up song. Following that, we will learn a new spiritual - Ain't Gonna Let Nobody - a protest song about power and freedom, and we will take inspiration from the likes of Pachelbel to structure our own performance.

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

Loading...

5 Questions

Q1.
How many parts are there in Do your dooty?
1
Correct answer: 4
5
Q2.
What technique does the fourth part of 'Do your Dooty' use?
Body percussion
Orchestral percussion
Correct answer: Vocal percussion
Q3.
What is harmony?
Correct answer: The combining of notes simultaneously to produce chords
The name of a Disney princess
When only one part can be heard at a time
Q4.
What does improvise mean?
Correct answer: To make up spontaneously
To plan and notate
To sing
Q5.
What was your challenge?
Correct answer: To compose an additional part
To sing it 3 times faster
To sing three parts all at once

5 Questions

Q1.
What is harmony?
Correct answer: The combining of notes simultaneously to produce chords
The name of a Disney princess
When only one part can be heard at a time
Q2.
What was the meaning behind 'Ain't Gonna Let Nobody'?
Correct answer: Singing in protest for power, freedom and equal rights for all.
To demand that nobody makes anyone do their homework
To tell everyone to stay indoors
Q3.
Who wrote 'Canon in D'?
Beethoven
Brahms
Correct answer: Pachelbel
Q4.
How did Pachelbel use harmony in his 'Canon in D'?
All parts started together in dense, rich harmony
Correct answer: Each part was introduced one at a time, having the effect of a canon and creating harmony
It is a solo piece of music
Q5.
Can you create harmony with just one voice?
Correct answer: No - it's almost impossible to sing more than one note at once. A choir, however, could sing in harmony.
Yes - you can sing more than one note at once