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Year 3

Cartoon Music

Lesson 3

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Lesson 3:To compare versions of the same music and create an ostinato

Year 3 – Cartoon Music

Key Vocabulary – Mood, timbre, ostinato

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Lesson 3:To compare versions of the same music and create an ostinato

Outcomes

I can compare timbre and tempo

I can compare mood created by changes in timbre and tempo

I can contribute to creating an ostinato to match a character

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Do now

As a class discuss the following questions:

  1. What is timbre?

  • What are dynamics?

  • How is mood created?

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Watch

3 versions of theme music of Greenwalk from Plants vs Zombies by Laura Shigihara.

version 1

version 2

version 3

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Do

Discuss the 3 versions and describe and compare

Tempo

Timbre

Texture

Dynamics

Is the mood created the same in the 3 versions? Explain?

Which version do you prefer? Why?

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This music is from a computer game.

Computer Game music is big business, as many children and adults play computer games and music helps to create the mood needed to match the actions of the games and to draw the player into the game world.

Music is also important in cartoons.

Information

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Do

Watch the first 30 seconds of Tom and Jerry

Watch

Discuss the music, the sound effects and the timbres used.

Do you like the music?

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Do

1 minute of Wallace and Gromit MUTED

Task

In groups create a unison ostinato for the train.

The train is a ‘constant’ in this clip so ideal to be represented by an ostinato.

Decide:

What instruments will you use? Or will you use your voice?

REMEMBER – this is a unison ostinato, so the group must make the same sound

Watch - muted

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Plenary

Time to Talk:

What did you achieve in this lesson?

How successful was your group at creating a train ostinato?

How did you do this?

Groups share their ostinato to the class and record.

Select one that will be used in the class film track for next lesson.

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How confident are you?

I can compare timbre and tempo

I can compare mood created by changes in timbre and tempo

I can contribute to creating an ostinato to match a character

1. Very confident

2. Unsure

3. Not confident