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Fusing together and arranging musical ideas
I can select and combine musical ideas and work effectively as part of an ensemble to create a fusion piece.
- Year 6
Fusing together and arranging musical ideas
I can select and combine musical ideas and work effectively as part of an ensemble to create a fusion piece.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Different people might have different ideas of what works well in a fusion performance.
- Everyone responds to music in different ways.
- Fusion music forms a deliberate and new synthesis of styles.
- Experimenting, developing and rejecting ideas is a crucial part of the artistic journey of creating a piece.
Keywords
Fusion - the process of blending two or more different musical styles, genres, or traditions to create a new, distinct sound
Practise - to deliberately make an effort to improve musical skills
Structure - the way the music is orgnaised
Common misconception
Fusion music always requires specific, identifiable elements from each original style.
The fusion of styles can be so integrated that the original influences become indistinguishable.
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To help you plan your year 6 music lesson on: Fusing together and arranging musical ideas, 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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Equipment
A class set of pitched and unpitched percussion instruments.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
4 Questions
Q1. is the way the music is organised.
Q2.True or false? Everyone responds to music in different ways.
Q3.What is texture in music?
Q4.When we are deliberately making an effort to improve musical skills, we are .
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.The son clave pattern comes from ...
Q2.Soca comes from...
Q3.True or false? Experimenting and rejecting musical ideas is part of the process of creating music.
Q4.Match these musical terms.
to create music in the moment, using the voice or instruments
to create a piece of music over time
to present music, playing or singing for an audience
support the main melody or chant