Year 6

To develop our understanding of compound time

Year 6

To develop our understanding of compound time

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will begin by reviewing the song 'Not so simple'. Then, we will move to music in both simple and compound time. We will then learn more about compound time signatures before applying our knowledge of compound time signatures in the challenge.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Where was Sorida from?
France
Nigeria
Correct answer: Zimbabwe
Q2.
What does Sorida mean?
Bananas!
Goodbye!
Correct answer: Hello!
Q3.
What is simple time?
Correct answer: Musical metre in which each beat can be simply halved or quartered
Musical metre in which each beat can be split into three equal units
When a piece uses only one note value
Q4.
What is compound time?
Musical metre in which each beat can be simply halved or quartered
Correct answer: Musical metre in which each beat can be split into three equal units
When a piece only uses one note value
Q5.
What was the title of our final song?
Feelin' simple
Correct answer: Not so simple
Simply the best

5 Questions

Q1.
What was the name of our warm-up song?
Not so fast!
Correct answer: Not so simple!
Not so steady!
Q2.
What do we call musical metre in which beats can be simply halved or quartered?
Compound time
Dinner time
Correct answer: Simple time
Q3.
Which of these tracks is not in simple time?
Correct answer: Alicia Keys - Fallin'
Happy - Pharrell Williams
I will wait - Mumford and Sons
Q4.
Which of these time signatures is not compound time
12/8
Correct answer: 4/4
6/8
Q5.
What is compound time?
Correct answer: musical metre in which each beat can be split into three equal units
musical metre in which each beat can be split into two equal units
time to eat dinner