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Resources
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Scheme
of Work
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A scheme of work to teach Chinese music
with a focus on the pentatonic scale. |
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Festivals
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An information sheet introducing
festivals in China and the pentatonic scale. There is also a
wordsearch available to get the pupils thinking about the main terms
and instruments used at these events. |
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Elements
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A fill in the gap revision
exercise of the elements of music. |
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Elements
Grid
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Pupils revise the elements
of music by describing each term and creating their own symbol to
show each meaning. A good exercise for reinforcing the
elements in a fun and memorable way. |
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Food
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This worksheet introduces
foods from different parts of China and helps to enhance pupils
understanding of the cultural differences. |
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Language
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A worksheet which
introduces Chinese language. It briefly explain that there are
many different languages used thorughout China and then focuses on
the two most common languages used - Mandarin and Cantonese. |
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Food
and Language
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Questions relating to the
'Food' and 'Language' worksheets. These can be used to test
pupils awareness of the cultural and historical differences and
provide links with spiritual and moral development. |
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Pentatonic
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A fairly straightforward
worksheet explaining the difference between Western scale and the
pentatonic scale. It also describes why the number five is a
sacred number in China. |
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 Online
Lessons
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Try these on
line lessons. Find out
more and test your understanding about Chinese music. |
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Chinese
Instruments |
Find out about the four families of
instruments in the Chinese orchestra and learn about individual
instruments. |
Links
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Chinese
music
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An extremely useful site that gives a
brief summary of Chinese music history. There is also lots of
helpful and clear information about the instruments used with great
pictures. |
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World
Music - China
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A text heavy site, however there is
lots of detailed information that is very informative. This
site gives information about Chinese musical structure, the history
of Chinese music, Chinese instruments and Classical Chinese
music. Worth a visit. |
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Chinese
Folk Tunes
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Chinese folk tunes using midi
files. A varied selection of pieces to listen to. |
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Chinese Festival and Dragon Lore
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Background, lesson plans and activites
for Chinese New Year, Superstitions, Lantern Festival and Dragon
Lore. The text is fun to read and teaches us about Chinese
traditions and beliefs. A very worthwhile website. |
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Maps
of China
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A map of China and a second map of the
provinces. |
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On-line quizzes
©2000, L. Shannon,
www.Musicatschool.co.uk
Any teacher or student of music may reproduce the scheme of work and
worksheets in print, without electronic reformatting, provided that each
resource copied has this copyright notice attached. The material may
not be placed on any other server. |
Last updated 20 September 2000
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