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- Year 7
Extending and refining creative ideas
I can develop a musical idea and compose a piece of music which balances the use of repetition and new ideas.
- Year 7
Extending and refining creative ideas
I can develop a musical idea and compose a piece of music which balances the use of repetition and new ideas.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- We can refine musical ideas by thinking about the melodic shape and choice of notes.
- ABA is a common structure. It starts and finishes with the same idea (A) and uses a contrasting idea (B) in the middle.
- This gives music a balance of unity and variety, making it interesting and memorable.
- We have composed a piece of music in an ABA structure, using the elements of music appropriately to depict an image.
Keywords
Motif - a short musical idea that recurs throughout a piece of music
Melodic shape - the outline of a melodic idea and the shape that’s created with the different pitches
ABA structure - a structure consisting of three sections of music where the first and last section are the same and the middle section is different
Common misconception
The A sections in a musical structure which has a repeated A section have to be the same.
Strong musical ideas usually have a balance of unity and variety, so even when a section is repeated, providing the main melodic idea is recognisable there can be some small changes which then helps to find this balance.
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To help you plan your year 7 music lesson on: Extending and refining creative ideas, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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Equipment
Keyboard, or other suitable instrument such as tuned classroom percussion
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