Farm Sounds

This music scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to select and practise different ways of playing a range of percussion instruments to represent some of the sounds that could be heard on a farm. The class can create a musical score to illustrate life on a farm.

Select and practise different ways of playing a range of percussion instruments to represent some of the sounds that could be heard on a farm

Lesson One : Percussion Sounds

Explore and model some of the different ways of playing percussion instruments to create a range of sounds representing farm objects and places

Lesson Two : Tapping

Identify and describe some of the special sounds that can be made by tapping a range of different percussion instruments to represent farm animals

Lesson Three : Scratching

Practise playing a range of percussion instruments using different techniques to model how to produce and perform scratching sounds to reflect farm life

Lesson Four : Shaking Sounds

Explore and model how to shake a selection of percussion instruments to create a range of different sounds that can be used to represent life on a farm

Lesson Five : Sound Symbols

Select and use a range of symbols to create a score for a musical composition representing some of the special sounds that can be heard on a farm

Lesson Six : Farm Life

Explain and model how to play a range of percussion instruments in different ways to represent some of the sounds that can be heard on a farm

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