Year 2 - Music
Ocean soundscapes
Compose and create: soundscapes of the sea
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Unit Summary
In this optional unit, water and classical music examples inspire soundscape compositions as we journey from beach, to open water, rivers and stormy seas. Pupils use pitched and unpitched percussion, vocalisations and body percussion to create their soundscapes, recording these using graphic scores.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to create an ocean soundscape and capture this using a graphic score.
Key Notes
- Music can be used in films to help tell the story.
- Instrumentation and the musical elements, such as dynamic changes, all help to tell the story.
- We think about instrumentation and the musical elements when creating soundscapes.
- A soundscape can be captured using a graphic score.
Vocabulary To Learn
- dynamics: how loud or quiet the music is played or sung
- instrumentation: the combination of musical instruments used in a piece of music
- soundscape: using sounds to create a feeling, place or story, making you feel like you are really there, for example in the ocean
- ensemble: a group of people who perform together
- graphic score: a way of notating music using symbols, shapes or images
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The timbre of an instrument creates the mood of the piece.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Music can be used in films to help tell the story. Instrumentation and the musical elements, such as dynamic changes, all help to tell the story.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'dynamics'
how loud or quiet the music is played or sung.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The timbre of an instrument creates the mood of the piece. Correction: The instrumentation helps, but it is the combination of all the musical elements that creates the mood of a piece. For example, dynamic changes can build drama.
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