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Layering beatboxing vocal percussion sounds
I can begin to layer beatboxing vocal sounds.
- Year 5
Layering beatboxing vocal percussion sounds
I can begin to layer beatboxing vocal sounds.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- We can use our voices to mimic different percussion instruments in a beatboxing style.
- Beatboxing sounds are created using different mouth shapes and letter sounds.
- Every percussion instrument has a unique timbre. We mimic this unique timbre when beatboxing.
- Two or more musical lines layered together create a musical texture. The more lines, the thicker the texture.
Keywords
Texture - the combination of different layers of sounds
Beatboxing - use of the mouth and voice to mimic sounds such as a drum machine
Mimicry - imitating something, like the sound of an instrument
Timbre - a description of the sound or tone of an instrument
Common misconception
Beatboxing is really difficult.
Beatboxing is just using your voice and sense of rhythm to mimic sounds. Humans mimic sounds all the time and this is just an extension of that.
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Equipment
If you have these instruments, it can really help children to practise and improve by experiencing the real sounds: egg shakers, claves, drumkit
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
5 Questions
Q1.The is the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock.
Q2. is an art form that uses the mouth and voice to mimic sounds such as that of a drum machine.
Q3.What is a drum machine?
Q4.Which of these instruments most closely match these consonant sounds when beat boxing.
'b'
'k'
't'
Q5.What is beat boxing?
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.What is mimicry?
Q2.True or false? Beatboxing is really complicated.
Q3.Match the definition to the correct musical element.
the combination of different layers of sounds
a description of the sound or tone of an instrument
the pattern of sounds that we play and sing
the playing or showing of the steady pulse like the ticking of a clock
Q4.When we layer multiple sounds we create a __________ texture.
