Swinging Acrobatic Friendly Ape - whisper chant 4x

British English CC

Orangutan - clarinet - rhythm example

Swinging Acrobatic Friendly Ape - Ta-di Takadimi Ta-di Ta 

Check 3 - a

Check 3 - b

Graceful Giant Blue Whale - whisper chant 4x

Big White Polar Bear - whisper chant 1x

Graceful Giant Blue Whale - whisper chant 1x

Ta Ta Ta-di Ta - Big White Polar Bear

Big White Polar Bear - whisper chant 4x

Check 1 - a

Check 1 - b

Check 2 - a

Graceful Giant Blue Whale - Ta-di Ta-di Ta Ta 

Check 1 - c

Check 2 - b

Check 2 - c

Playful Solitary Red Panda - Ta-di Takadimi Ta Ta-di

Playful Solitary Red Panda - whisper chant 4x

Playful Solitary Red Panda - whisper chant 1x

Swinging Acrobatic Friendly Ape - whisper chant 1x

Check - maracas

Check - ocean drum

Blue Whale - double bass

Blue Whale - tam tam

Check - egg shaker

Whole body warm ups

Timbre in a Box (audio)

Timbre in a Box (video)

Echo Body Percussion Rhythms

Do As I'm Doing

Combining rhythm and timbre

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

so we get better at playing in time together

True or false. Instruments can only create one sound or represent one animal.

Which rhythm shows our chant 'big, white polar bear'?

When we describe the unique sound an instrument makes, we are describing its {{}}.

Match the musical element to the definition.

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

Combining rhythm and timbre

Lesson outcome

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