Animals
Dawn Parade, from the original Disney cartoon.
KS1/2: Suggested in QCA Unit 9 as example of music that describes animals.
KS3 idea: Can be viewed as an example of the march genre, drawing attention to the verbal counting and regular pulse and typical 'oompah' bass line. Notice how the march tempo that suits elephants is slower than would suit humans (perhaps contrast it with a typical Sousa march).
Official classification: Song, Animals, Video, Unit 9 Animal Magic, Curriculum support
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Official classification: Cello, Animals, Pieces, Wider opps, Resource Packs
This familiar nursery rhyme has been given a cheeky accompaniment to enable older children to play a young child’s tune without losing their pride! Divide the class into two groups: one plays while the other makes the Baas – swap parts when the tune repeats. Everyone plays the last bar.
Key: G major
Learning points:
- reinforces notes B, A, G
- semibreve
- tempo/style indication
Official classification: Fife, Animal Sounds, Animals, Nursery Rhymes, Pieces, Semibreve, Wider opps, Resource Packs
This familiar nursery rhyme has been given a cheeky accompaniment to enable
older children to play a young child’s tune without losing their pride! Divide the
class into two groups: one plays while the other provides the Baas – swap parts
when the tune repeats. Everyone plays the last bar.
Notes used: G, A, B
Key: G major
Learning points: reinforces notes B, A, G
semibreve
Official classification: Flute Family, Flute, Animal Sounds, Animals, Nursery Rhymes, Pieces, Semibreve, Wider opps, Resource Packs
This familiar nursery rhyme has been given a cheeky accompaniment to enable
older children to play a young child’s tune without losing their pride! Divide the
class into two groups: one plays while the other provides the Baas – swap parts
when the tune repeats. Everyone plays the last bar.
Notes used: G, A, B
Key: G major
Time signature: 4/4
Note values: semibreve, crotchet
Rest values: semibreve rest, crotchet rest
Anything else? Baas!
Official classification: Recorder Family, Soprano/descant, Animal Sounds, Animals, Nursery Rhymes, Pieces, Semibreve, Resource Packs
This piece is in three sections: ABA. The A section is almost identical at the start
and at the end. Keep the high split notes short and harsh, as if slapping at the
mossie! Take the opportunity to practise staccato tonguing.
Notes used: C, E, G
Key: concert D minor
Learning points: new note E,crotchet rest, dynamics (f, p), high split notes
Official classification: Trombone (treble clef), Staccato, Ternary(ABA), Animals, Pieces, Forte Loud, Piano Soft, Wider opps, Resource Packs
C and G are played in the same piece here, and reinforced as ‘high’ and ‘low’ notes.
The piece gives plenty of repetition of both notes.
Notes used: C, G
Key: concert Bb major
Learning points: reinforces crotchet/minim/minim rest
Official classification: Trombone (treble clef), Animals, Pieces, Wider opps, Resource Packs
This piece is in three sections: ABA. The A section is almost identical at the start
and at the end. Keep the high split notes short and harsh, as if slapping at the
mossie! Take the opportunity to practise staccato tonguing.
Notes used: C, E, G
Key: concert D minor
Learning points: new note E
crotchet rest
dynamics: f, p
high split notes
Official classification: Trumpet, Staccato, Ternary(ABA), Animals, Pieces, Forte Loud, Piano Soft, Wider opps, Resource Packs
C and G are played in the same piece here, and reinforced as ‘high’ and ‘low’ notes.
The piece gives plenty of repetition of both notes.
Notes used: C, G
Key: concert Bb major
Learning points: reinforces crotchet/minim/minim rest
Official classification: Trumpet, High, low and changing, Animals, Pieces, Wider opps, Resource Packs
This piece introduces open string E. There’s an opportunity for a bit of fun in bars 9-10, when the students are invited to pizz any string on the wrong side of the bridge.
There’s a fl ea in the accompaniment, too!
Notes used: D, A, E
Key: A minor
Learning points: new note: E
pizz on the wrong side of the bridge
Official classification: Violin, Animals, Pieces, Pizzicato, Wider opps, Resource Packs
Part 9 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 1 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 3 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 7 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 5 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 6 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 8 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 2 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 10 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif
Part 4 of 16 from the instrumental version of Prokofiev's children's story composition in which
each character in the story has a particular instrument and a musical theme, or leitmotif:
Bird: flute
Duck: oboe
Cat: clarinet
Grandfather: bassoon
Wolf: French horns
Hunters: woodwind theme, with gunshots on timpani and bass drum
Peter: string instruments
Official classification: Animals, 1900-1949, Stories, Audio, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, Curriculum support, leitmotif