Year 1 - Music
Changing the tempo to build excitement
Singing for performance: Changing tempo and dynamics in our songs
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Unit Summary
This unit teaches performance skills as well as how to change the tempo and dynamics of our singing to reflect different moods. Pupils will learn to warm up their voices, sing songs with different feelings and moods, and prepare and deliver effective vocal performances.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to sing songs with a changing tempo and can explain how this makes the song feel.
Key Notes
- We can use changing dynamics along with facial expressions and actions to give a song character.
- Tempo is the speed of the music, it means how fast or slow it is played or sung.
- We can change the tempo to change how a song feels.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dynamics: how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung
- tempo: the speed of the music - how fast or slow the music is played
- practise: to play or sing something several times to try and get better
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Sometimes we exaggerate tempo changes, interpreting singing fast as singing 'as fast as we can'.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
We can use changing dynamics along with facial expressions and actions to give a song character. Tempo is the speed of the music, it means how fast or slow it is played or sung.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'dynamics'
how loudly or quietly the music is played or sung.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Sometimes we exaggerate tempo changes, interpreting singing fast as singing 'as fast as we can'. Correction: Subtle tempo changes can affect the character of the music as well as big ones.
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