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Year 1
Unpitched
Instruments
Lesson 3
Lesson 3: To identify and use unpitched percussion instruments with increasing control
Year 1 – Unpitched Instruments
Key Vocabulary – Instrument unpitched (untuned), percussion, rhythm
Lesson 3: To use unpitched percussion instruments with some control
Outcomes
I can name an unpitched percussion instrument and show how to play it
I can play simple rhythms on an unpitched percussion instrument
I can follow symbols to play rhythms
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Do now
As a class discuss the following questions:
Find the instrument
Do
Play the pulse
Sing a nursery rhyme and tap the pulse
Backing track
Half play the pulse, half play the rhythm of the nursery rhyme
Copy playing the rhythms your teacher claps
Play the rhythm of the nursery rhyme as you sing it
Do
Play these rhythms
Choose 4 rhythms.
Agree on the order and how many times they will be played.
Play with the backing track
Backing track
Do
Plenary
Time to Talk:
What have you learnt about music today?
Name a pitched instrument (or point to one if you have one in the room)
Clap a pulse, then a rhythm
Perform your 4 rhythms in the agreed order with the backing track
Put away the instruments
Challenge – can we play 2 rhythms at the same time?
Backing track
How confident are you?
I can name an unpitched percussion instrument and show how to play it
I can play simple rhythms on an unpitched percussion instrument
I can follow symbols to play rhythms
1. Very confident
2. Unsure
3. Not confident