I hope you are enjoying learning at home!
Today, we are learning more about our musical topic all about compound time.
For the lesson you will need
- your body - there are some complicated moves, be prepared!
- a pen or pencil
- some paper
- the worksheet
In our lesson today, we are going to:
- learn a song from Zimbabwe
- work on metre, using a hand clapping pattern, to the tunes of Alicia Keys and Queen.
- explore rhythm notation and grouping in simple and compound time
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learn a song to help you remember the concept.
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crotchet |
two quavers |
minim |
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one beat |
two half beats |
two beats |
Simple and Compound Time
What is the difference between these two musical metres?
Simple Time - musical metre in which each beat can be simply halved or quartered
Compound Time - musical metre in which each beat can be split into three equal units
Common counting patterns would be:
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one, two, three, four
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one and two and, one and two and
In compound time, each of the beats can be broken down into three:
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one and a, two and a
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one two three, two two three, one two three, two two three
Do you recognise this from the clapping in the video?
There is a two page worksheet to complete during and at the end of the lesson - click here on the
boxes below to see the sheets. You might want to print them out (or write out the questions) before
you start so that you can answer the questions as you go:
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The Lesson Video
You are now ready to meet Miss Miner for the main part of our lesson.
We will be looking at:
Please click on the box below to join the lesson.
At the beginning of the lesson, there is a quiz - good luck!
Before you start the lesson, please read through the instructions on this page.
Please use this page as your reference document.
That was a lot to learn! Can you teach a member of your household the difference
between simple and compound time? You could use the music and movement skills
you have learned in this lesson to help you.
That is the end of our lesson where we have learned about compound time.
I hope you enjoyed it!
Once you have watched the video and taken part in all of the activities, please
make sure that you complete the two page worksheet. Please send your completed
work 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."