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  6. Lesson 4: Jazz motifs

Learning objective

  • To create a jazz motif.

Success criteria

  • I can identify the features of swing music.
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National curriculum

Music

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Listen
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Cross-curricular links

  • None.
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange the class into pairs. Display the Presentation: Agree or disagree?

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could be given an example motif without notation and then with notation after hearing the swung rhythm.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could record their motifs using standard notation using the Activity: Blank manuscript paper and the Activity: Example motif notation; could try some scat singing over the top of their motif.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: composing and playing a jazz motif

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Vocabulary definitions

  • straight quaver

    An even rhythm.

  • swung quaver

    An uneven rhythm.

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In this unit

Assessment - Music Y3: Jazz

Lesson 1: Ragtime

Lesson 2: Traditional jazz

Lesson 3: Scat singing

Lesson 4: Jazz motifs

Lesson 5: Swung rhythms

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Last update: 2nd December, 2025

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