Year 1 - Music
Composing a four beat rhythm
Compose and create: high and low melodic responses
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Unit Summary
This unit uses a simple call and response song and a theming around fruit to inspire short compositions. Pupils learn two rhythms (Ta and Ta-di) and two notes (so and mi) and combine these to create fruit-inspired compositions which they perform as part of the call and response song.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to compose a four beat rhythm using Ta and Ta-di and play it with a steady pulse.
Key Notes
- Beat and rhythm are not the same thing. We can play rhythms successfully when we are able to hold a steady beat.
- Ta is one beat. Ta-di is also one beat long.
- When we create new music we are composers. We can choose the sounds we like.
Vocabulary To Learn
- rhythm: the pattern of sounds that we play and sing
- beat: the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
- chant: speaking in time to a pulse
- compose: to create music
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Rhythm and beat are the same thing.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Beat and rhythm are not the same thing. We can play rhythms successfully when we are able to hold a steady beat. Ta is one beat. Ta-di is also one beat long.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'rhythm'
the pattern of sounds that we play and sing.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Rhythm and beat are the same thing. Correction: The beat is the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock. The rhythm is the pattern of sounds we play and sing over the steady beat.
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