Learning objective

  • To understand how and why percussion instruments can be used in calypso music.

Success criteria

  • I can say why percussion instruments were important
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National curriculum

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Play
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Expand and add detail and explain the activity to the children. Allow time for paired discussion or hand out whiteboards and pens and ask the children to write down their sentences.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could be given the Resource: What’s the story?: Tuned percussion two to play, which has an easier technical difficulty level (due to more stepwise movement).

Pupils working at greater depth

Could be given the Resource: What’s the story?: Bass line to play, which has a harder technical difficulty level (due to the ‘leaps’ between the notes and the fact that there are two notes in each bar); could be given the sheet music for their instrument if they have extra-curricular music lessons (see Teacher knowledge).

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining in simple terms why percussion

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Vocabulary definitions

  • minim

    A musical note that lasts for two beats and looks like a hollow oval with a stem.

  • ostinato

    A short pattern of notes or rhythms that repeats again and again in a piece of music.

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Elizabeth Stafford

Music specialist

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After a brief spell as an opera singer, Liz embarked on a 20-year career in music education, teaching at early years, primary and secondary. After Liz had her daughter, she started her own business Music Education Solutions® Limited, helping teachers across the UK…
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