Celebrating Your Work - Group Work Posters

Well done everyone on some fantastic Group Work posters!

Here are a selection:

Remember to put these essential group work skills into practise in the classroom!

Excellent creativity displayed - well done.

 

Mrs McCrory

TASK - Year 10 Celebratory Remix: 10AY,10AZ,10BX,10BY,10BZ

10AY,10AZ,10BX,10BY,10BZ,

The link above plays the celebratory song 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow.'

 

TASK:

 

Using the score you are given as a foundation, remix this piece into a modern celebratory song. You do not have to play the entire score, choose parts from it to form your remix.

 

How can you remix a song?

 

• Choose a modern style - a dance beat, for example 027 on silver keyboards
• Choose a modern voice - a synth voice, for example 090 on silver keyboards
• Play around with the tempo - you might start slow and gradually get faster and faster
• Add an introduction and an ending using the intro/ending buttons - or compose your own
• Repeat parts - remixes tend to be repetitive, choose a line or two and repeat patterns
• Be creative! Try out new ideas, there is no wrong way to remix, experiment!

Here is a reminder of your score:

 

 

 
Mrs McCrory



REVISION - Year 10 Celebratory Music: 10AY,10AZ,10BX,10BY,10BZ

10AY,10AZ,10BX,10BY,10BZ,

 

You have been working well in teams this term and are now ready for your second assessed group performance based on 'Music For Celebration.'

 

Here are your facts about celebratory music and about the song you are learning. You need this information for your test.

 

Mrs McCrory

TASK: Year 9 Ostinato: 9AY,9BX,9BY,9CX,9CY

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You are working on a unit based on the term 'Ostinato.'

Remember: An Ostinato is a repeated pattern of beats or notes.

 

There are two types of ostinato:

RHYTHMIC = a repeated pattern of beats

MELODIC = a repeated pattern of notes

 

The Harry Potter Puppet Pals is a wonderful example of many ostinati working together!

 

 

TASK:

 

In your groups, you are to think of your very own topic, characters, and individual ostinati to form your own unique Ostinato Puppet Show. You must work hard as a team to achieve the criteria - the main two criteria are 1) it features layered ostinati and 2) you are all in time with the beat! Here is a reminder of the breakdown of your marks:

 

 

The following clip is an example of an Ostinato Puppet Show from last year. It might give you some ideas:



 

 

Mrs McCrory



REVISION - Year 9 Notation: 9AY,9BX,9BY,9CX,9CY

9AY,9BX,9BY,9CX,9CY,

 

You have been working on Notation recently. Having learnt the notes on the stave, you used your knowledge of this to perform the above piece of music.

You made an Ostinato out of the Chords and added the Melody, along with an appropriate style and voice. Have a listen to some of your audio performances:

 

ere are some reminders of how to work out the notes in the treble clef. You need to learn this for your test:

 

Important to remember:

The Treble Clef - shows notes played using your right hand on piano

The Stave - the 5 lines notes are written on

 

Remember the two rhymes we learnt:

For the LINES: Every Good Boy Deserves Football

For the SPACES: F   A   C   E  (face!)

Mrs McCrory

TASK - Year 8 Body Percussion: 8AY,8BX,8CW

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Have you watched the above 'Body Percussion' links? Watch these first.

 

YOUR TASK!

 

PART 1:

In your groups, you are to compose your own body percussion performance. This performance must last a minimum of 12 bars. You are free to be creative with this and add an into/ending, any percussion or keyboard functions and use of props. Remember - it needs to be rhythmic and you must stay in time with each other!

 

PART 2:

Using your knowledge of Graphic Symbols, score 8 bars of your contribution to the above performance. What does this mean? It means, using either an A3 or A2 page, create 8 boxes like the score you performed with instruments. In these boxes, create symbols to represent the sounds you made in any 8 bars of your performance! Remember - add colour and labels, be creative!

 

Mrs McCrory

REVISION - Year 8 Graphic Symbols: 8AY,8BX,8CW

8AY, 8BX, 8CW,

 

You are currently learning about Graphic Symbols and have worked as teams to perform a Graphic Symbols Score using a range of percussion instruments.

 

 

Important Points to Remember:

 

'Graphic Symbols' are a range of shapes and symbols that represent various sounds.

 

You have learnt 4 types of symbol:

1) The dot = sound does not travel, a single beat

2) The star = sound travels, the sound fades

3) The wave = sound travels, it wavers up and down

4) The solid line = sound travels, it is continuous, it does not change

 

Examples of instruments that can play each symbol:

Dot = bongos, bodhran, wood block, claves, agogo

Star = xylophone, glockenspiel, indian bells, triangle

Wave = maracas, tambourine, egg shakers

Line = Piano, Keyboard

 

Showing musical differences with a symbol:

DYNAMICS - showing volume using a dot - a large dot represents loud and a small dot represents quiet

PITCH - showing pitch using a star - if you were playing a scale of C, D, E, F, G on a xylophone, 5 stars rising up would show you go higher in pitch.

DURATION - showing duration using a line - the longer the line, the longer the note is held. The shorter the line, the shorter the note.

Remember, it's not a trick, it's common sense!

 

WELL DONE on some great 'Graphic Symbol Score' performances. Have a listen to some of your audio performances below:

 

 

Mrs McCrory