Year 5
Year 5

To structure a piece of music

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will structure our own piece of music based on the Planet Suite by Gustav Holst and use homemade instruments to perform it.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What does 'Call and Response' mean?
Correct answer: A musical conversation - where one phrase (the call) is answered by another
A repeated pattern or phrase
The use of a telephone in orchestral music
Q2.
Who wrote the music to West Side Story?
C.P.E. Bach
Correct answer: L. Bernstein
P. Lott
Q3.
What does ostinato mean?
A loud melody
Correct answer: A repeated pattern or phrase
Something played only by percussion instruments
Q4.
At various points in the piece, the musicians shout ‘Mambo’. How would you describe the relationship between the instruments and the voice at these points?
An ostinato
Correct answer: Call and Response
Unrelated
Q5.
Which junk percussion instrument represented the claves?
Bottle filled with grains of rice
Correct answer: Cups
Saucepans

5 Questions

Q1.
Which country is Sambalele from?
Australia
Correct answer: Brazil
India
Q2.
What does call and response mean in music?
Correct answer: It's a musical conversation - where one phrase acts as a call, and another phrase answers.
When musicians are allowed to use their mobile phones in rehearsal
When musicians use their voices instead of their instruments
Q3.
What is a polyrhythm?
A repeated pattern or phrase
A type of parrot
Correct answer: When more than two rhythms are performed at the same time
Q4.
What are dynamics?
Dancers
They determine the speed of the music
Correct answer: They determine the volume of the music
Q5.
Which of these means 'loud'?
piano
Correct answer: forte