Year 7 - Music
Learning a sea shanty with changing dynamics
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Unit Summary
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Lesson Summary
You will learn to sing a sea shanty with changing dynamics and using call and response.
Key Notes
- A sea shanty is a work song sung by sailors to help them keep a steady rhythm while working.
- They helped build teamwork, boost morale and gave sailors a way to share their feelings.
- When we sing in unison, we need to listen carefully and blend our sound with those around us.
- Singing with changing dynamics can help us to tell stories.
- Sea shanties often have opportunities for call and response singing.
Vocabulary To Learn
- unison: the name given to music where everyone sings the same pitch at the same time
- phrase: a musical thought, like a sentence in a story
- dynamics: how loud or quiet the music is
- call and response: a question and answer musical structure
- crescendo: a gradual increase in loudness or intensity
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Singing everything loud is a great way to make yourself heard.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
A sea shanty is a work song sung by sailors to help them keep a steady rhythm while working. They helped build teamwork, boost morale and gave sailors a way to share their feelings.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'unison'
the name given to music where everyone sings the same pitch at the same time.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Singing everything loud is a great way to make yourself heard. Correction: Changing dynamics gives shape and character to music and helps to tell a story.
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