Year 5 - Music
Rehearsing, performing and appraising a minimalist performance
Compose and rehearse: creating and combining minimalist cells
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Unit Summary
This unit introduces minimalism with its repetitive, hypnotic, short musical cells. Pupils will use Terry Riley's In C to inspire their compositions. Working in groups, pupils will create short musical cells and decide how to use these to create and rehearse a larger minimalist piece.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to rehearse effectively for a performance and make improvements after receiving feedback.
Key Notes
- Effective practice and rehearsal will likely lead to a more successful performance.
- When we rehearse together, it is helpful to think about our rehearsal techniques and how we work effectively together.
- Successful ensemble players will fully understand their role in an ensemble.
- Receiving feedback can be a helpful way to try new things and make improvements.
- Performing can help you realise where your strengths and weaknesses in a piece lie.
Vocabulary To Learn
- practise: to deliberately make an effort to improve musical skills
- rehearse: to practise in order to improve and prepare for performance
- perform: to present music, playing or singing for an audience
- appraise: to listen actively and critically in order to evaluate a piece of music
- evaluate: assess the quality and enjoyment of a musical performance, taking into account stage presence, accuracy of playing and musicality
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- A musical piece or performance is unchangeable.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Effective practice and rehearsal will likely lead to a more successful performance. When we rehearse together, it is helpful to think about our rehearsal techniques and how we work effectively together.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'practise'
to deliberately make an effort to improve musical skills.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: A musical piece or performance is unchangeable. Correction: There can be many interpretations of a piece of music, even if certain directions are suggested by the composer. As the composers of your own minimalist piece, anything is changeable and each performance may also be different.
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