Unit 3: South America (Instrumental lessons)
Learning about the history and features of Latin America music, performing a salsa style song and playing from staff notation; performing a mini carnival using a range of performance techniques including song, dance, tuned and untuned musical instruments.
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Unit 3: South America (Instrumental lessons)
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Play the clave rhythm accurately.
- Answer the questions on the Knowledge catcher (see unit page) with appropriate support.
- Add letter names to the tuned percussion part 1 and play the part.
- Ability to add pitches to notated rhythms and perform them accurately.
- Sing and/or play the song confidently.
See Music: Instrumental scheme for guidance on how to incorporate the instrumental scheme into your planning.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 2: Caribbean (Instrumental lessons)
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Vamos, let’s go!
Lesson 2: History of Latin music
Lesson 3: Salsa melodies
Lesson 4: Melodic composition
Lesson 5: Carnival spirit
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Tuned percussion instrument – Choose from chromatic glockenspiels, with sharp and flat notes, xylophones, metallophones, chime bars (two octave set) ×15
- Untuned percussion instruments (claves, guiros, egg shakers, gongs / cymbals) ×15
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Tuned percussion instrument – Choose from chromatic glockenspiels, with sharp and flat notes, xylophones, metallophones, chime bars (two octave set) ×15
- Untuned percussion instruments (claves, guiros, egg shakers, gongs / cymbals) ×15
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Unit 3: South America (Instrumental lessons)
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit "Unit 3: South America (Instrumental…
Vocabulary display: Instrumental lesson – South America
A display version of the key vocabulary for the 'Instrumental lesson - South America' unit.
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