The importance and power of songs from the past
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Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can understand how music can connect us emotionally to others and to the past.
Key learning points
- Singing songs about the past can help us connect emotionally with others and keep cultural traditions alive.
- Composers manipulate the elements of music such as timbre and texture, to achieve particular effects.
- We can add different layers of music to our piece to create different textures.
Keywords
Partition - to divide into parts
Score - original music composed specifically to accompany a film
Indigenous - the original inhabitants of a place
Timbre - the description of the sound or tone of an instrument
Texture - the combination of different layers of sounds
Common misconception
Music and songs written a long time ago aren’t relevant to us now.
Music and songs from the past can help us to connect with, and better understand many people, both at home and abroad.
Teacher tip
Encourage the pupils to improvise different notes over the backing track to create their texture. They could do this in different group sizes or on their own. Encourage them to experiment with dissonant as well as consonant harmonies.
Equipment
Tuned instruments with the notes DEFGA.
Content guidance
Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
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