Learning objective
- To create a jazz motif.
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
- appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn
from different traditions and from great composers and musicians - develop an understanding of the history of music
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Give the children an example motif without notation and then with notation after hearing the swung rhythm.
Pupils working at greater depth: Could change the rhythm slightly, as long as there is still a swung rhythm. Some pupils (for example, those who play an instrument) may be familiar with staff notation and be able to record their motifs using standard notation; they could use the Activity: Blank manuscript paper and the Activity: Example motif notation for this. Pupils could try some scat singing over the top of their motif.
