Playing a Glockenspiel Unit 1 - Years 5 and 6

Playing a Glockenspiel Unit 1

16 Music Lessons

Suitable for pupils in Years 5 and 6

These units are not mac-friendly.

You don’t have to have a musical background to teach your class how to play musical instruments!

This unit of 16 practical music lessons, teaches pupils how to play and perform, using glockenspiels.

Pupils learn;
• How to play the glockenspiel correctly
• How to read and play a variety of tunes and songs using a lettered score
• How to perform in two, three and four parts
• About the percussion family, tuned and untuned instruments and a range of musical terms and signs

These resources will support your delivery of the Model Music Curriculum 2021. The musical activities in this pack focus on Listening and Performing. The activities also aid the development of a range of wider skills including focus, team-work, coordination and confidence.

You do not need a musical background to deliver this unit.

This unit includes;
• Clear and concise detailed lesson plans with numerous exercises, tunes and songs to play
• Opportunities to play in one, two, three and four-parts
• PowerPoint presentations of the exercises and songs
• Numerous hints, tips and advice to support your pupils in making progress
• Differentiated parts and engagement suggestions
• A set of printable lettered scores
• MP3-file recordings of each exercise and song, for your support

Resources
Glockenspiels (If you are using a glockenspiel with two rows, we will be playing along the bottom row)

Musical terms/words used-

Ascending
Beater
Descending
Folk song
Folk tune
Glockenspiel
Gospel song
Harmony
Hymn
Lettered score
Melody
Percussion family
Repeat symbols
Repetition
Scale
Tempo
Ternary form
Tuned
Untuned
Upbeat
Volta brackets

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