Game 2

“Inside the monastery ”

 Starter – in pairs
Previous
learning
Super-challenge:
Why don’t all pieces of music
work as Rounds?

Challenge: Why is a “Round”

one of the most fragile structures
in music?

Core: What is a “Round” in music?

 Last week
“Frere Jacques”
I introduced you to a new type of
musical structure:

Theme and Variations

Use your hand
to tell me how
CONFIDENT
you are:
 In Game 1 Frere Jacques is
being chased around and
Last week around the monastery by
monks that look just like him!
Frere Jacques needs to get
inside the arch-way and into
the safety of the monastery.

A sense of
Speed “running” Sense of being chased
 Game 2 “Inside the
monastery”

• Speed
• Tonality
(major/minor)
• Sense of being
“followed” (round?)
• Timbre (voice
setting)

E flat A flat

E A
E flat and A flat
 Assessment – “M-U-S-I-C”
M = I can play the Frere Jacques tune. MOST
U = I can vary it in one simple way
S = I can create more than one variation using a variety of different
techniques. Most of the time, I am playing with my partner. I can
purposely select which timbres I want to use.

I = I can use more complex methods of variation techniques. I can use

¾ time (waltz-style). I can perform using two hands at the same time.

C = My variations are stylish, polished and demonstrate a high level of

understanding of Variation form. I might be able to link the variations
together.
Game 1, we added fast moving notes. My partner
started after me to get a feeling of FJ being chased
Game 2, we slowed the tempo down to make it creepy.
We changed E and A to flat keys to make it minor
We need to tidy up the notes and make
sure we finish at different times.
We still need to add an ostinato
Spot the literacy errors!
……Today, I managed to practice
the tune and I added a few extra
note’s…….