Moving like a whale - example

British English CC

Task B 2 - Move in character

Task B 1 - Moving like all three animals in turn

Polar Bear excerpt

Moving like a polar bear

What animal is the music describing? (1)

Debbie Wiseman introduces Orangutan (The music is:)

Moving like an orangutan - example

Blue whale music

Debbie Wiseman introduces Blue Whale

Conductor Matthew Quinn - Blue Whale - cymbal

Blue Whale - cymbal

Orangutan - djembe

Orangutan - clarinet

Blue Whale - viola

Whole body warm ups

Timbre in a Box (audio) 

Timbre in a Box (video) 

Do As I'm Doing

Don't Clap This One Back

Choosing appropriate percussive timbres to represent an animal

Music

In this unit, pupils consider how timbre and rhythm can be used to represent animals. Pupils listen to Wiseman’s Carnival of the Endangered Animals and compare music that represents various animals. They create short pieces, recording these on graphic scores to represent a chosen animal.

Compose and create: recording our musical ideas using a graphic score

The timbre alone creates the character of the animal.

All the musical elements work together to create the character of the animal.

True or false. The same instrument can be played in different ways to create two different animal characters.

A person who directs musicians or singers is called a...

Sam: We only need to warm up when we have extra time.

Izzy: You only need to warm up before a performance.

Jun: Warming up for music is helpful as it develops our musical skills.

A __________ instrument is played by striking, scraping or shaking.

Someone who creates their own new music is called a...

the pattern of sounds that we play and sing

Match the musical element to the definition.

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Choosing appropriate percussive timbres to represent an animal

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.