Key Stage 2 Unit 8 - Machine Music

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Exploring Graphic Scores & Cycles

This unit takes the starting point of machines as the basis for an exploration into graphic scores and repeating cyclic patterns.  Pupils begin exploring the sounds created by steam engines and trains, listening to “train-inspired” pieces and exploring how short, repeated vocal, rhythmic and melodic patterns are used to describe the perpetual motion of a trains’ movement.  Pupils then move onto explore the cyclic sounds created by factory machines using a selection of vocal and body sounds to recreate cyclic sound patterns.  After a brief exploration into space machine sounds where pupils’ learning on graphic scores are developed, the unit ends with an exploration into video game sounds where pupils create their own sound effects (a good ICT opportunity!) for a video game recording their ideas using graphic notation.   Element Focus - Rhythm, Pitch, Texture, Timbre & Dynamics

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