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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Name three key features of blues music.
- Sing in tune, using vocal expression to convey meaning.
- Explain what a chord is and play the chord of C sixteen times.
- Play the 12-bar blues correctly.
- Play the notes of the blues scale in the correct order, ascending and descending.
- Play a selection of blues scale notes out of order in their own improvisation.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Lesson 1: History of the blues
Lesson 2: Playing a chord
Lesson 3: The 12-bar blues
Lesson 4: Blues scale
Lesson 5: Improvisation and the blues
Key skills
- Recognising and confidently discussing
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Key knowledge
- To understand that a
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Key vocabulary
12-bar blues
ascending scale
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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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Keyboard or chromatic glockenspiel
- Coloured dot stickers
The equipment below is optional
- Video recording devices
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Music Y5 – Blues
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit "Blues".
Uni Vocabulary: Blues
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit Blues.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
None relevant to this unit.
