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Lesson 2: Making waves: Pitch and dynamics

Learning how to improvise as a group, focusing on dynamics and pitch.
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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Arrange the children in pairs and use the Presentation: Gimme five to prompt them to recall vocabulary used last lesson to describe 'Fingal's Cave' by Mendelssohn.

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Assessment – Music Y6: Dynamics, pitch and texture (Theme: Coast)Lesson 1: Exploring Fingal’s Cave
Lesson 2: Making waves: Pitch and dynamics
Lesson 3: Making waves: TextureLesson 4: Group compositionsLesson 5: We are waves
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary teamLast update: 9 April 2026

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