Year 4 - Music
Preparing for part work: practising songs in rhythm names and solfège
Singing for performance: discovering different ways to sing in harmony
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Unit Summary
This unit celebrates the many ways of singing in harmony, utilising rounds, partner songs, melodic and rhythmic ostinato and counter melody to create layers of sound. Through short examples, pupils discover how pitches can be combined to make pleasing harmonies.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to sing songs in rhythm names and solfège from memory.
Key Notes
- Rhythm names like ta and ta-di can be worked out using beat fingers, listening for how many sounds are on each beat.
- Pitch actions can help us recognise melodic shape
- We can use solfège like so, mi and do to identify specific pitches.
Vocabulary To Learn
- beat: the playing or showing of the steady pulse, like the ticking of a clock
- rhythm: the pattern of sounds that we play and sing
- melodic shape: the up and down movement of pitches in music
- solfège: a system of naming pitches so we can recognise patterns by ear (e.g. do re mi)
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Beat and rhythm are the same thing.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Rhythm names like ta and ta-di can be worked out using beat fingers, listening for how many sounds are on each beat. Pitch actions can help us recognise melodic shape.
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: Beat and rhythm are the same thing. Correction: The beat is the showing or playing of the steady pulse. They rhythm is the pattern of sounds which we play in time to the beat.
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