Lesson 4: Colour composition

With a focus on the different dimensions of music, pupils compose a piece of music based on a single colour.

Before the lesson

Learning objective

  • To create a piece of music inspired by a single colour

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music
  • Listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
  • Use and understand staff and other musical notations
  • Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music drawn from different traditions and from great composers and musicians

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: Group these pupils together and give them support from a teacher or teaching assistant.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: These pupils should create the soundtrack for the class composition (see extension activity in ‘Main event’).

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

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