The document outlines a music lesson that will focus on developing keyboard skills and understanding of Classical music. Students will work in pairs to play lines from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, putting together three lines of the piece. They will also learn about key aspects of Classical music and practice terms like scale, major, minor, sharp, and tie for homework.
2. Lesson Objectives:
• Today you will develop your....
• Knowledge by continuing to develop your
understanding of the Classical Music era
• Skills by developing your use of keyboard
skills, particularly using changes of hand
position and sharps
• Understanding by developing your
understanding of what is a good ensemble
performance
3. Classical Music
• Sometimes refers to all music that is played by
an orchestra (classical music – little ‘c’)
• Actually Classical Music (big ‘C’) is a genre of
music that was written between 1750 – 1810
• Most famous composers – Mozart, Beethoven
and Haydn
4. Practical activity
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Step 1
•Play lines 1,2 and 3 confidently and correctly
•In your pair – count in and play line 1 perfectly
in time
•Then - move onto lines 2 and 3 in your pair
-Start line 2 as if it were the beginning
•When lines 2 and 3 are perfect – go back to line
1 and put the 3 lines together
5. H/W
• Practise 3 lines of EKN as a duet –
Assessment next lesson
6. Key words
• Scale
• Major
• Minor
• Classical
• Sharp
• Tie
• Ensemble
7. Key words
• Scale
• Major
• Minor
• Classical
• Sharp
• Tie
• Ensemble
