Year 5 - Music
Singing in unison
Singing together: how songs unite us
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Unit Summary
This unit investigates the power of music to unite people. Pupils explore how song is used in sacred spaces, sports arenas and live concerts. Pupils study songs with unity as their common theme and use the lyrics to guide an effective, emotive performance.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to sing in unison, working to create a balanced and united choral sound.
Key Notes
- Warming up together is a form of social bonding as well as protecting our voice and developing our choral skills.
- Social bonding is about making positive connections with others and can be achieved through singing in unison together.
- Listening carefully to those singing around us as we sing can help us create a blended and balanced choral sound.
Vocabulary To Learn
- unison: the same tune sung or played at the same time
- social bonding: developing connections and relationships with family, friends and community
- choral: an adjective relating to music written for or performed by a choir
- balance: how each part is matched against another to ensure that no one part overwhelms the others
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Singing has to be rehearsed and performed in order to be successful.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Warming up together is a form of social bonding as well as protecting our voice and developing our choral skills. Social bonding is about making positive connections with others and can be achieved through singing in unison together.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'unison'
the same tune sung or played at the same time.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Singing has to be rehearsed and performed in order to be successful. Correction: Singing is one of the most powerful tools we can use socially to create bonds between people. This is very often unrehearsed; particularly in sports arenas such as football stadiums.
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