Listening and performing 2

Learning Intentions

  • We are learning to develop our understanding of major chords.
  • We are learning to perform a fanfare piece.

What to look for

  • Pupils actively listening to examples of well-known fanfares
  • Pupils playing the Fanfare from the Overture to William Tell by Rossini

Learning Activities

Introduce pupils to the structure of the G major triad.

Introduce them to the idea of a fanfare by explaining:

  • what fanfares are used for; and
  • that fanfares are based on chords, such as the one they have learned how to play.

Give them an opportunity to listen to some fanfares, for example:

  • ‘Fanfare’ from the Overture to William Tell by Rossini; and
  • Fanfare for the Common Man by Copland.

Focus on enabling the pupils to learn to play the Rossini fanfare, either by ear or from notation.