Year 6 - Music
Sharing emotion through song
Singing together: music that comments on social change
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Unit Summary
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Lesson Summary
You will learn to understand how lyrics and music can convey emotions and feelings.
Key Notes
- Music has been used to express how people feel about migration and leaving loved ones behind.
- Lyrics and music can convey powerful emotions and feelings.
- We can use different vocal and expressive techniques to communicate the emotion of the lyrics to an audience.
Vocabulary To Learn
- migration: the movement of people from one place to another
- calypso: a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago where lyrics are often improvised and often on a topical theme
- syncopation: rhythms that emphasise the off-beat
- lyrics: the words of a song
- drone: a constant, pitched sound that continues throughout a piece of music
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Music and songs are only written for an audience's enjoyment.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Music has been used to express how people feel about migration and leaving loved ones behind. Lyrics and music can convey powerful emotions and feelings.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'migration'
the movement of people from one place to another.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Music and songs are only written for an audience's enjoyment. Correction: Songs and music can be written to help people understand a feeling or an important message.
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