Before the lesson
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Learning objective
- To be able to play a rock and roll bass line
National curriculum
Pupils should be taught to:
- Use and understand staff and other musical notations
- Play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
Success criteria
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Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Should use the simplified bassline (see Lesson 3: Walking the bass line) and coloured sticky dots to show which notes they should play.
Pupils working at greater depth: Could be challenged to play the bass line in octaves – using both hands each on the same note but eight notes apart.