To Imitate World Percussion Using Sound Sources Found In The Home
Hello Year 5!I hope you are enjoying learning at home!
Today, we are going to be learning more about timbre.
In our lesson today, we will:
- learn about world percussion
- begin with a warm up song
- exploring the timbres of world percussion instruments
- finding ways to imitate them using sound sources in the home
For these sessions make sure you have a pen, pencil and some paper. You will also need:
- two saucepans
- a wooden spoon
- some dry rice or pasta
- a few old tubs, pots, bottles and boxes
- your body!
If you haven't got any or all of these items (you should have your body!), please don't worry, you can still do the lesson!
Lesson Five - To imitate world percussion using sound sources found in the home
You are now ready to meet Miss Miner for the main part of our lesson. We will be looking at:
Worksheet
There is a three page worksheet to complete during and at the end of the lesson - please click on the pages below to see them.
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For the lesson, you will also need:
- paper and pencil to make notes and answer questions
- your imagination to help you find instruments in your home - the kitchen is a good place to start!
The Lesson Video
Please click on the box below to join the lesson:
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Please watch the video and compete the worksheet at you go.
Have fun!
That is the end of our second lesson about timbre, and how we can recreate the sound of world percussion instruments
using sound sources found at home. I hope you enjoyed it!
Once you have watched the video and taken part in all of the activities, please send your completed worksheet to your
class teacher for me in the usual way - a photo or a scanned copy will be fine. Thank you.
I am looking forward to reading your answers.
See you next time!
Mrs Sumner
Thank you to the wonderful people at the Oak National Academy for sharing this lesson with us.
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"I found it very interesting and I thought that children learned about rhythm, by using body percussion without even realising that they were in a lesson, because it was so much fun for them!"
"I would highly recommend it!"
"I thought the song was lovely - there was a nice mix of playing the bowls, clapping, singing and actions. The whole idea of kitchen percussion is a brilliant one for lockdown but good in usual times too."
"The level of what you did/taught was perfect for their age and similar to things they do at school."
"The children all thoroughly enjoyed the session and were engaged throughout. They enjoyed having the opportunity to hold their own ukulele and learn to play along to some simple songs."
"The session was delivered brilliantly and the different stages were broken down into small sections to allow all children to participate."