Pulse and Rhythm (All About Me)
A great introductory topic for Year 1 that includes lots of activities for getting to know one another. Through listening to a range of different music and playing games, children learn to identify the difference between the pulse and rhythm of a song and consolidate their understanding of these concepts through listening and performing activities
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Lesson 1: My Favourite Things
To begin the topic, children are shown how to feel the pulse in music and are given the chance to experiment with percussion instruments
View LessonLesson 2: You’ve Got a Friend
Children learn to play rhythms on untuned percussion instruments to deepen their understanding of pulse and rhythm
View LessonLesson 3: Dance, Dance, Dance
In this lesson, children develop their ‘thinking voice’ by internalising the pulse when listening to music
View LessonLesson 4: Happy
Through the 'call and response' method, pupils listen out for rhythms and then repeat them
View LessonLesson 5: Pulse and Rhythm
After identifying the pulse in several songs, pupils practise performing either the pulse or rhythm to highlight the differences between the two
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