Study Guides

Unit Summary

This unit develops knowledge and understanding of the instruments of the orchestra. Pupils also learn to play a famous orchestral melody on the keyboard, learning to play and move out of position and they learn to identify from C to octave C on the stave through performance.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to prepare a performance of Going Home displaying elements of musical expression.

Key Notes

• When performing Going Home with fluency, the pitches and rhythms are played correctly and in time with a pulse.
• We can add musical expression by changing dynamics, playing legato, or stressing the first beat of the bar.
• We have performed the melody and accompaniment of Going Home and refined the performance by adding expression.

Vocabulary To Learn

• Pulse: the steady underlying beat
• Fluency: performing with fluency means the pitches and rhythms are played correctly and in time to a pulse
• Expression: adding musical expression can mean changing dynamics, playing legato, or stressing the first beat of the bar

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• Both hands change position at the same time

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Performing the accompaniment for Going Home Study Guide
• Playing an orchestral melody in the C position Study Guide
• The brass family and playing in the F position Study Guide
• The percussion family and performing the full melody Study Guide
• The string family and the woodwind family Study Guide