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Lesson Five – Sound Symbols
This music teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to 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.
The class can sequence and perform a selection of symbols to make musical compositions representing some of the sounds made by farm animals such as cows, pigs and sheep.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to 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
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe different ways of playing percussion instruments to produce a range sounds and a worksheet to select and follow a sequence of shapes when playing a musical composition representing life on a farm.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use a range of symbols to create a score for a musical composition representing sounds heard on a farm.
This lesson is part of a music scheme of work to get 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. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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