Year 3 - Music
Composing and notating on rhythm grids
Compose and Create: notating and performing using rhythm grids
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Unit Summary
This unit explores composing rhythmic patterns through the use of rhythm grids. Pupils are inspired by exciting percussive performances and work in groups to create and perform their own challenging rhythmic patterns.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to compose and refine a rhythm composition using stick notation on a rhythm grid.
Key Notes
- Stick notation is one way of representing different rhythms on a rhythm grid.
- Effective compositions make use of simple, memorable ideas and repetition.
- Rhythms are built up of notes of differing durations.
Vocabulary To Learn
- stick notation: a way of writing rhythms down
- compose: to create a piece of music over time
- rhythm: the pattern of sounds and silences that we play and sing
- beat: the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
- duration: the length of a sound or silence
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- The more complicated rhythms we use when we compose, the better our music will sound.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Stick notation is one way of representing different rhythms on a rhythm grid. Effective compositions make use of simple, memorable ideas and repetition.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'stick notation'
a way of writing rhythms down.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: The more complicated rhythms we use when we compose, the better our music will sound. Correction: Successful music is repetitive, playable and memorable!
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