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Brief overview of music genres to be studied Key Knowledge/Skills – As a musician I will… The Beatles helped to reshape Western Pop music in the 1960s and were the most successful band ever. Listen to songs  How does the song make you feel? ● The Beatles had four members in their band: John by the Beatles –  Does the song tell a story? Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo focus on  What does the song make you think Starr. Paul McCartney wrote this song Blackbird about Blackbird of? civil rights for African Americans ● Slavery had been  How old do you think this piece of abolished in America but racism was still happening music is? and life just wasn't equal for African Americans ● There was a huge struggle for equality, lots of dreadful things Appraise songs ● Blackbird by The Beatles ●  Tempo were going on, people were dying ● In the 1950s and by the Beatles Yellow Submarine by The  Dynamics 1960s, the civil rights movement – led by Martin Luther Beatles ● Hey Jude by The  Instruments used King Jr. – challenged ‘white supremacy’ ● After reading Beatles ● Can’t Buy Me Love about this, Paul wrote the song Blackbird about a black  Style by The Beatles ● Yesterday woman, in support of the Black Power Movement.  How the song is put together/ by The Beatles ● Let It Be by structured

Play along with  Listen and find the pulse. the pulse  Play the pulse with different instruments Key Vocabulary Listen to and  Use the Churanga warm up games Pulse Pulse is a steady beat like a ticking clock or your heartbeat identify different to experiment with rhymm and throughout a song rhythms in the tempo Tempo 'rate or speed'; in other words, it's how fast or slow the music songs and play is along Dynamics ow loud or quiet the music is. Performance -  Perform Blackbird. Record and Verse a series of lyrics that tell the main story of the song and keep Blackbird: Sing send to parents the action or thoughts moving forward. Chorus a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse Perfomance  Use Churanga to learn the Blackbird: Play differentiated version of Blackbird Intro Start of the song with on the Glockenspiels Instrumental Part of the song that has no singing glockenspeils

Useful websites https://www.lancashiremusichub.co.uk/freestyle/1312394-ks2-units-of-work/1314288-blackbird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZSHsJjsh-Y