Year 2 - Music
Building a thicker texture with a sung ostinato
Singing for performance: adding a simple vocal accompaniment
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils add simple vocal accompaniments to songs. They learn chanted and sung ostinati, adding these to songs they have learnt. Pupils practise in order to improve and understand the importance of maintaining a steady pulse.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to keep a sung ostinato going under a song.
Key Notes
- Feeling the pulse and practising playing the beat helps get us ready for making harder music together.
- Body percussion can help us control the steady beat.
- A song can have more than one ostinato layered to create a thicker texture.
- An ostinato can be chanted, sung or played.
Vocabulary To Learn
- beat: the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
- texture: the layering of different musical sounds
- accompaniment: a musical part that supports the main melody or chant
- melody: a combination of notes to make a memorable tune
- ostinato: a repeating musical pattern
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- When we sing, we have to change pitch
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Feeling the pulse and practising playing the beat helps get us ready for making harder music together. Body percussion can help us control the steady beat.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'beat'
the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: When we sing, we have to change pitch. Correction: We can sing a phrase all on one note.
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