Before the lesson
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Learning objective
- To be able to improvise using given notes
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
- Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music
- Use and understand stave and other musical notations
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Use stickers on the notes they need to use to remind them which is which.
Pupils working at greater depth: Should improvise for a longer length of time or to try and use the notes in very different orders.