Sp 2 | Composition Skills 2: Sequences and Pentatonic Phrases
During the spring term, Year 4 students delve into the art of composition, focusing on sequences and pentatonic phrases. This unit corresponds with the curriculum’s goal of fostering composition and improvisation skills. Pupils begin crafting their compositions with greater complexity, …
Overview
During the spring term, Year 4 students delve into the art of composition, focusing on sequences and pentatonic phrases. This unit corresponds with the curriculum’s goal of fostering composition and improvisation skills. Pupils begin crafting their compositions with greater complexity, incorporating pentatonic scales and rhythmic patterns. They explore the fundamental components of musical structure in more depth, preparing them for more intricate composition and improvisation tasks in subsequent years.
Expected Standards:
- Combine known rhythmic notation with letter names to create short pentatonic phrases using a limited range of 5 pitches, suitable for the instrument being learnt, then sing and play these phrases as self-standing compositions.
- Begin to understand the difference between major and minor.
Lesson structure
- Composer Profile/Entrance Track
- Introduce the unit
- Warm up
- Song
- Listening (Recorded)
- Creating
- Plenary
- Goodbye Song
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Course Features
- Lectures 6
- Quiz 0
- Duration 6 weeks
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 1
- Assessments Yes
