Lesson 4: Calypso quavers

Recognising and performing quavers from staff notation then playing them within the context of a Calypso song.

Learning objective

  • To recognise and perform quavers from staff notation

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
  • Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
  • Use and understand staff (and other) notations

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Should play the Sheet music: What’s the story? (tuned percussion part 2) which has an easier technical difficulty level (due to more stepwise movement).

Pupils working at greater depth: Should play the bass line sheet music which has a harder technical difficulty level (due to the ‘leaps’ between the notes and the fact that there are two notes in each bar).

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

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