Time for Music – Intro: Y5 & 6 Let's Get Creative!
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Body percussion Poem Listen to Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. The film clip is presented by James May (presenter of Top Gear) who is a huge fan of J S Bach’s music. Toccata and Fugue is one of Bach’s most famous pieces. It has two different sections full of brilliant tunes that are woven together using mathematical patterns.
PERCUSSION FUGUE I can hear myBODY hands go clap, clap, clap. And stamp, 0 I can 0 hear0my feet 0 go stamp, 0 0 0stamp.0 And I can my legs slap, slap, STAMP STAMPhear STAMP STAMPgo STAMP STAMP slap. STAMP STAMP But I can’t hear my eyes go blink, blink, blink. XX
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I can hear my knees go knock, knock, knock. 0 I can XX hear0 my tongue XX XXcluck,O cluck. XX And go0 cluck, STAMP CLICK CLICK STAMP CLICK CLICK STAMP CLICK CLICK STAMP CLICK CLICK I can hear my fingers go snap, snap, snap. But I can’t hear my head go nod, nod, nod. Try each body percussion pattern in turn. Then, ask someone else in your house to play one pattern, you play one, and, if there is another person available, ask this person to play the third pattern. Can you keep all 3 patterns going at the same time to a STEADY BEAT?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/KS2-johannsebastien-bach-toccata-and-fugue-in-d-minor/znvn7nb
Key Words: Toccata: a ‘showing off’ piece of music with many fast notes Graphic Score: a picture of musical sounds using lines, patterns and symbols