Today, Bluebirds listened to Prelude a L’apres Midi d’un faune by Claude Debussy, a French composer.
The class were experts in recognising the genre being classical and used the timeline to establish was era the music was set in. They could translate midi and Mrs Parry explained apres meant after in French. It was quite amusing to see this linked to our current Maths topic of Time! We listened carefully to hear the flute solo and the the harp. The children identified the instruments being played in the song We Are Family and could name the instrument families. Most children knew the genre was disco this time!
Afterwards, we revised some of the Y3 areas learnt in our Music sessions about bars and notes. We recapped that dynamics was about the music getting quieter and louder and could all tap the pulse/keep the beat to Clash and Bang.