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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify key features of Bhangra music.
- Explain how different musical styles have influenced Bhangra.
- Explain how the dhol is used to play the chaal rhythm.
- Perform a repeating rhythmic pattern with a steady beat.
- Perform the chaal rhythm with accurate accented beats.
- Compose and play a repeating melodic riff.
- Read and notate simple melodies on a stave.
- Perform a rhythmic or melodic part as part of a group.
- Use music technology to combine a chaal rhythm and a repeating riff.
- Refine a Bhangra-inspired composition using music technology.
Suggested prior learning
West African rhythms: Create, play and perform
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Teacher video: Bhangra beats: Global grooves unit overview
Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to Bhangra
Lesson 2: Bhangra beats
Lesson 3: Bhangra melodies
Lesson 4: Bhangra-inspired compositions
Lesson 5: Music technology – Bhangra
Key skills
Key skills
Creating sound
- Playing melodies with
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Key knowledge
Listening and evaluating
To know:
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Key vocabulary
accented beats (Y6)
compose (Y4)
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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)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Whiteboards and pens ×15
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Glockenspiels or keyboards
×15 -
Selection of percussion or other instruments
As needed - Devices with internet access ×15
- Headphones ×30
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Headphone splitters
×15
Optional
The equipment below is optional
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Set of three classroom labels: ‘traditional Punjabi music’, ‘electronic music’ and ‘Bhangra music’
1 -
Dhol drum or claves
1
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Music Y6: Bhangra beats: Global grooves
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Bhangra beats: Global grooves?’.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
- History: exploring how British Bhangra developed from Punjabi musical traditions and Western influences, reflecting cultural change in Britain over time.
- Computing: using music-making software to create, edit and refine Bhangra-inspired compositions by combining rhythmic and melodic tracks.
- British values: Mutual respect: developing appreciation for Punjabi musical traditions and their influence on British Bhangra, while respecting others’ musical ideas and contributions.
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