Year 1 - Music
Responding to tempo changes within a song or piece of music
Music and movement: feeling the pulse and changing the tempo
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Unit Summary
This unit develops pupil's sense of pulse across a range of different tempi. Pupils internalise phrasing through music and movement games and understand when it is their turn to sing, move or play. They are challenged to notice and respond appropriately to tempo changes.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to hear tempo changes in a piece of music and can respond by moving in time to the beat.
Key Notes
- Tempo can change within a piece of music.
- Movement can help us to feel, show and hear the changing tempo.
- We know a piece of music can speed up (accelerando) or slow down (rallentando).
- When the tempo changes within a piece of music, it changes how the music feels and helps us create stories in our mind.
Vocabulary To Learn
- tempo: how fast or slow the music is played
- accelerando: gradually getting faster
- rallentando: gradually getting slower
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The tempo always stays the same throughout a piece of music.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Tempo can change within a piece of music. Movement can help us to feel, show and hear the changing tempo.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'tempo'
how fast or slow the music is played.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The tempo always stays the same throughout a piece of music. Correction: Although we learn to feel the pulse and follow the steady beat, music can get gradually faster or gradually slower.
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