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Year 8 Cover Lesson P1

Starter
Hand out Brass Instruments sheets.
Pupils should have 3-5mins to complete the Brass Instruments starter
activity.
Main
Turn over sheet to Composing an Olympic Fanfare.
Pupils should use the sheet to work in pairs to compose an Olympic Fanfare
for Rio 2016.
Pupils have been learning about the Harmonic Series and will know which
notes they can include.
Students should work in pairs, and stay in the music room, working quietly
with their headphones on.
If there is an odd number, 3 students can work on the big piano, but still
plugging the headphones in.
Plenary
3 or 4 pairs of pupils can perform their compositions, 10mins before the end
of the lesson.
Please instruct pupils to put headphones in the boxes, lids down, desks
straight and chairs under.
Many thanks,
SVH

Year 7 Cover Lesson P2


Starter
Pupils should complete the Jazz Improvisation Crossword.
I have left a teacher answer sheet pupils can peer mark in a different colour
pen.
Main

Hand out Improvising Using the Blues Scale sheets.


Read through with pupils.
Pupils should use the keyboards to work through the 3 tasks on the sheet.
Pupils should work in pairs, quietly on the keyboards with headphones on.
If there is an odd number, 3 students can work on the big piano, but still
plugging the headphones in.

Plenary
3 or 4 pairs of pupils can perform their improvisations, 5-10mins before the
end of the lesson.
Please instruct pupils to put headphones in the boxes, lids down, desks
straight and chairs under.

Many thanks,
SVH

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