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Year 3
Ensemble
Playing
Lesson 4
Lesson 4: To play a melody in a round using notation
Year 3 – Ensemble Playing
Key Vocabulary – Ensemble, staff notation, round
Lesson 4: To play a melody in a round using notation
Outcomes
I can practice and improve play a melody
I can play the melody in a round
I can play with awareness of others
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Do now
As a class discuss the following questions:
Warm up voices
Sing London’s Burning
London’s burning, London’s burning,
Fetch the engines, fetch the engines,
Fire fire, fire, fire,
Pour on water, pour on water.
Sing in a 2-part round
Sing in a 4-part round
Sing
Do
Discuss
How fast is it?
What do we as a class need to do to achieve this together?
Revise the instrument rules
Do
Revise the melody
Do
Play as a 2-part round
Do
Play as a 4-part round
Do
4-part round
Discuss
How successful was the 4-part round?
Were you listening to the other parts?
Did you keep your own part going confidently?
Agree on a structure for a 4-part round class performance.
How will it start?
Will there be a solo or a unison section?
How many times will we play it through?
Will we add any singing?
How will we end it?
Plenary
Time to Talk:
What did you achieve in this lesson?
How successful were you in playing London’s Burning as part of a round?
Do you feel more confident playing the melody?
Perform the class performance of London’s Burning as a 4-part round and record
How confident are you?
I can practice and improve play a melody
I can play the melody in a round
I can play with awareness of others
1. Very confident
2. Unsure
3. Not confident