Songs & Scores - Call and Response Songs |
Starter & Plenary Activities |
Learning, Listening, Composing & Evaluating Activities |
Supporting Activities - Cover & Homework |
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“Voiceworks” is all about using the voice and singing. This “bumper” 10-lesson unit can be taught in separate or selected “paired” lessons with each “pair” of lessons exploring a different style of singing or using the voice. This unit includes “pairs” of lessons on call and response songs, rounds, songs with an ostinato accompaniment, part-songs and how the voice can be used in a variety of different ways. Learning is developed through a wide variety of songs and chants from different times and places. Pupils learn about vocal harmonies and textures developing an understanding of the voice, how it works, breath control and vocal registers. Element Focus - Pitch, Texture, Melody & Harmony, Structure & Form |
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Secondary/Key Stage 3 Unit - Voiceworks |
Songs & Scores - Rounds |
Songs - Songs with Ostinato Accompaniments |
Songs - Part Songs |
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Lots of great resources (including videos) for warm-ups, breathing and especially the videos contained in |
Scores |
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Free Audio Editor and Recorder - ideal for using ICT for vocal effects and manipulation in lessons 9 and 10 |
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Free downloads on MAGIX Music Maker - another good way of using ICT to change vocal effects! |
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Exploring Vocal Textures & Singing |
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(Song Example on Audio 1 & MIDI 1)
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Song Sheet 2 - “Down by the Bay” (Piano Accompaniment) (MIDI 2 - Song Melody (both parts); MIDI 3 - Piano Accompaniment) |
Song Sheet 3 - “Hill an Gully”
(MIDI 6 - Song Melody (both parts)
(Accompaniments and further teaching resources available from Sing Up! WWW web link) |
Song Sheet 4 - “Summer Nights”
(Song Example on Audio 3 & MIDI 7) |
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Song Sheet 6 - “Abeeyo” (Song Example on Audio 9)
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Song Sheet 7 - “Nsansa Censele” & Score 2 - “Nsansa Censele” (Piano Accompaniment) (Song Example on MIDI 13 with Piano Accompaniment on MIDI 14) |
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Singing Brainstorm Ideas |
Occasions for Singing card sort |
Voices Keywords Fill in Missing Words |
“Clap, Stamp, Slap, Click!” (MIDI 4 - Melody; MIDI 5 - As a round) |
Vocal Chords Poster |
Key Words Matching (covers key words from lessons 1-4) |
Boom Chicka Boom (Ever popular Vocal warm-up!) |
Vocal Chants |
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Voices Together Listening
(Uses Audio 2) |
Composing a Call and Response Song
(Uses Audio 8) |
Roundabout Composing a Round |
Roundabout Evaluating Round Compositions |
Ten Green Bottles Composing a Vocal Ostinato (Uses Audio 4) |
Listening to Vocal Chants
(Uses Audio 5) |
Listening to Song of the Plains
(Uses Audio 7) |
Composing a piece of Experimental Vocal Music |
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Voiceworks Key Words Wordsearch |
Vocal Music & Singing |
Voices & The Choir |
Call and Response Song Assessment |
Song Analysis |
Ooh Ah Crunch |
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Scheme of Work |
Lesson Plan (PDF) |
Lesson Plan (DOC) |
Lesson Bundles (ZIP) Download all the resources you need for each lesson (excluding video files) in a ZIP file. |
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Lesson 1 Exploring Call & Response Songs |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 2 Exploring Call & Response Songs |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 3 Exploring Rounds |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 4 Exploring Rounds |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 5 Exploring Songs with Ostinato Accompaniment & Vocal Chants |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 6 Exploring Songs with Ostinato Accompaniment & Vocal Chants |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 7 Exploring Part-Singing |
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Lesson 8 Exploring Part-Singing |
Resource Bundle |
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Lesson 9 Exploring how the voice can be used in different ways |
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Lesson 10 Exploring how the voice can be used in different ways |
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MIDI 8 - Row, row your Boat; MIDI 9 - London’s Burning; MIDI 10 - Canoe Round; MIDI 11 - Hey Ho Nobody Home; MIDI 12 - Banuwa |
Score 3 - “Round in the Dorian Mode” (Example on MIDI 15) |
(Example on MIDI 16) |
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(MIDI 17 - Song Melody & MIDI 18 - Ostinato & Melody with Ostinato) (Accompaniments and further teaching resources available from Sing Up! WWW web link) |
Song Sheet 9 - “I love the Flowers”
(MIDI 19 - Song Melody & MIDI 20 - Ostinato & Melody with Ostinato) (Accompaniments and further teaching resources available from Sing Up! WWW web link) |
Song Sheet 10 - “Zum Gali Gali”
(MIDI 21 - Song Melody & MIDI 22 - Ostiato & Melody with Ostinato) |
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Listening to Voices Card Sort (Uses Audio 6) |
Unison or Harmony Quiz
(5 short extracts) |
Starter/Plenary 10 “Berio: Sequenza III”
(Uses Audio 13) |
“Naturally Seven - In the Air Tonight” |
“Cathy Berberian - Stripsody”
(Audio track only on Audio 12) |
Starter/Plenary 13 “Lickety Split”
(Call & Response Vocal Warm-Up) |
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Song Sheet 11 - “The Hand Jive”
(MIDI 23 - Parts 1, 2 & 3 separately repeated twice then three parts together repeated twice ) |
(MIDI 24 - Parts 1, 2 & 3 separately) (MIDI 25 - 3 parts together repeated twice) |
Song Sheet 13 - “Bottle of Pop”
(MIDI 26 - Parts 1, 2 & 3 separately repeated then three parts together ) |
Song Sheet 14 - “Wartime Medley”
(MIDI 27 - Parts 1 & 2 separately then together) (Song example on Audio 14) |
Song Sheet 15 - “Vuma Phumelela”
(MIDI 28 - 3 Parts together) (Song Example on Audio 10) |