Autumn - A Quartet for Voices and Instruments

This resource is intended to be used as flexibly as possible by teachers and their students.

It may be used as a stand-alone piece for performance, as a warm-up to a music or singing lesson or as a unit of work.

Instrumentation
The notation is for voices and any instruments. Any instruments which use the treble clef including tuned percussion may be used. Choose percussion instruments that evoke the atmosphere of the season of autumn.

Crotchet and minim rests are included as I believe that students should learn the value of rests from the beginning and if so wished untuned percussion could be played during the rests to create different effects.

‘Autumn’ is intended to be the first of a series of short compositions for each season. Each increases in difficulty. ‘Spring’ and ‘Summer’ are already available. ‘Summer’ is the most difficult (which explores indeterminacy).

‘Autumn’ uses a repeating descending scale from ‘A to D’ against a repeating triad ‘C, E, G’. Using glockenspiels and xylophones will make it easily accessible.

**Aims **
This quartet meet the aims and develop the skills set out in the National Curriculum for Music for Key Stages 2 and 3. (2013) and ABRSM music medals. This unit of work also supports ‘A national Plan for Music Education’ (2022, pp.15 -34).

The set includes
Teacher Notes;
Full score in 4 parts for voices and instruments;
Creative planning grid for Key Stage 2 with ideas for lessons and activities.