*Music (Monday)
Week 1 - Scottish Music and Scottish Instruments
Lesson 1 - An introduction to bagpipes
What are we learning to do?
- Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
Activity 1 - Listen to the clips below.
- Have you heard this song/track before? Where? When?
- What word best describes this music?
- What are the dynamics? Loud? Soft?
- What is the tempo like? Fast? Slow?
- What score would you give it out of 5?
- Which instrument/ instruments could you hear?
- What is the mood of the piece? How does this song make you feel?
Traditional Scottish Music
Modern Scottish Music
Kids are still learning to the bagpipes to this day and are finding new ways to help others to enjoy this spectacular instrument!
In this clip Will.i.am proves just how difficult it is to learn and play the bagpipes.
Activity 2 - Find out about woodwind instruments
https://www.ducksters.com/musicforkids/woodwind_instruments.php
Activity 3 - Make your own bagpipes.
Talk about the picture below and how bagpipes work.
Complete the task below.
***Health and safety note.***This requires close supervision and please consider allergies as many gloves contain latex.
Week 2 - Irish Music and Irish Instruments
Lesson 1
What are we learning to do?
- Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high-quality live and recorded music.
Activity 1 - Listen to the clips below.
- Have you heard this song/track before? Where? When?
- What word best describes this music?
- What are the dynamics? Loud? Soft?
- What is the tempo like? Fast? Slow?
- What score would you give it out of 5?
- Which instrument/ instruments could you hear?
- What is the mood of the piece? How does this song make you feel?
Traditional Irish Music
Traditional instruments in Northern Ireland include:
- the fiddle,
- the penny whistle
- the accordion
- the harp
- the fife (a small wooden flute known)
- the bouzouki (an eight string long neck instrument similar to a guitar)
- the uilleann pipes. (similar to bagpipes)
Two pieces of music are used to represent Northern Ireland:
- Londonderry Air is played as the anthem of Northern Ireland at the some events such as the Commonwealth Games. "Danny Boy" is a popular set of lyrics to the tune.
- God Save the Queen, the national and royal anthem of the United Kingdom, is played as the anthem of Northern Ireland at the some events such as association football.
Bodhran drum
