Controlling our voice to convey the feeling of a song
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify the musical choices a composer has made and control my singing voice to convey the intended mood.
Key learning points
- Composers carefully use dynamics, texture, and articulation to create the mood and feeling of a piece of music.
- Quiet, legato playing and singing can give music a sense of peace and calm.
- We can control our breathing so that we have enough air for singing long sustained lines of a song.
- We can look at the melodic shape and the phrasing of written music to help us to sing a legato melody.
Keywords
Dynamics - how loud or quiet the music is
Legato - performing in a smooth way
Melodic shape - the up and down movement of pitches in music
Articulation - how individual notes or groups of notes should be played or sung
Common misconception
If we don't read music fluently, there's no point in looking at the written music of a song. We should just use the lyrics.
We can build on our understanding of pitch by identifying 'melodic shapes' or 'melodic contours' in the music. We can also find clues in the music to help us know how to sing each part of the song.
Teacher tip
This lesson needs an amount of space for pupils to explore the music using their bodies. This part of the lesson helps explain the story as well as give a physical representation of what the music is doing.
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