1. Inter-Related Dimensions Of Music A Brief Tour Of The Elements Of Music John Oates Leading Practitioner ‘Accent’ Warrington & Halton Music Education Hub Task 1 – planning – recap on sheets

2. Ancient Egypt – John Oates 2011 In Ancient Egypt, long ago, the pyramids were built using blocks of stone. A tomb for pharaoh and his queen, the pyramids of Egypt a wonder to be seen. Pyramids! Pyramids! Pyramids a wonder to be seen. The largest pyramids can be found in Giza near Cairo and west of the Nile. In honour of Khufu they were built. His house of eternity his Pyramid. www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

3. 7 Elements That Form The Musical Pizza Duration Pitch Dynamics Tempo Timbre Texture Structure Silence!!

4. Duration Long & Short Pulse & Steady Beat Rhythmic Patterns – mixture of long and short. Task – mark the pulse of a song in more than one way. - make an ostinato pattern using a rhythmic pattern from the song.

5. Metre – How we group the beats London’s Burning, London’s Burning Fetch the engines! Fire! Fire! Pour on water! Task – use body percussion to show the metre of the song. Or Happy Birthday

6. Pitch High & Low Steps & Leaps Task – use tuned percussion (hand chimes) to demonstrate steps & leaps. - invite conductors to improvise - sing Pick Yourself Up and follow the contour of the melody - Visit the virtual keyboard. Resource section of www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

7. Pick yourself up. Brush yourself down. Let’s get things done stop messing around. Pick yourself up. Brush yourself down. Let’s get things done stop messing around. 1) Little worries can make you sad. Think of all the good things and not just the bad. Problems come and problems go. Get up move on or spend your days feelin’ low. 2) Falling out and breaking friends. Such a waste of time we all know how it ends. Take the time to talk things through. Listen and learn you’ll hear the other side too. Copyright © 2012 John Oates – www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

8. Chords – 2 or more notes played together. Major & Minor Task – recognise major and minor chords in Pick Yourself Up - visit www.sfskids.com – listen to harmonywww.sfskids.com Web resources on www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

9. Dynamics Loud & Quiet Forte & Piano

10. Tempo Fast & Slow Getting Faster Getting Slower Visit sfskids via web resources on www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

11. Me! Me! It’s Only Me Me! Me! It’s only me from my head to toe. Me! Me! No one but me just you watch me grow! (x 2) 1)I’ve got two legs; they bend at the knee and help me to crouch down low, low, low! I’ve got two arms to wave in the air and hands to say ‘hello!’ How are you doing? (It’s) 2)I’ve got two eyes; they help me to see, to search and to find my way, way, way! I’ve got two ears for sounds all around; one nose to smell the air. Coming up roses! It’s Copyright © 2011 John Oates – www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

12. Timbre Quality of the sound. Explore different sounds Task – watch clips of instruments using BBC website web links on www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

13. Texture Thick or thin texture One layer of sound / many layers of sounds Task – explore texture using sfskids See web resources on www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

14. Structure – How we build the music. Beginning, middle & end. Chorus, verse

15. Chinese Dragon – John Oates 2013 Chinese dragon flying so high. Chinese dragon in the clear blue sky. Twisting and turning, chasing after the pearl. Climbing to heaven in a fiery swirl. www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk

16. John Oates – Leading Practitioner Planning & Web resources can be obtained from www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk Contact: johnoates66@yahoo.co.uk ‘Accent’ Warrington & Halton Music Education Hub. Westbrook Old Hall Primary – 01925 415544

17. Pompeii – John Oates 2010 Pompeii. Pompeii. Many people lost their lives that day! Volcanic ash. A lion’s roar! Mount Vesuvius asleep no more! So long, Pompeii. Preserved now in history for all time. www.sanquaypublishing.co.uk