Oak National Academy
Oak National Academy
Teachers
Pupils

How can you write powerful lyrics and set these to music?

Download all resources
Share activities with pupils

How can you write powerful lyrics and set these to music?

Download all resources
Share activities with pupils

Slide deck

Download slide deck

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will explore how to write lyrics and set these to a melody.

Licence

This content is made available by Oak National Academy Limited and its partners and licensed under Oak’s terms & conditions (Collection 1), except where otherwise stated.

Video

Share with pupils

Loading...

Starter quiz

Download starter quiz
Share with pupils

6 Questions

Q1.
What is a perfect cadence?
I-V sounds unfinished
Correct answer: V-I - sounds finished
V-vi -Major to minor
Q2.
What is an imperfect cadence?
Correct answer: I-V sounds unfinished
V-I - sounds finished
V-vi -Major to minor
Q3.
What is an interrupted cadence?
I-V sounds unfinished
V-I - sounds finished
Correct answer: V-vi -Major to minor
Q4.
What accompaniment style is the following an example of?
Correct answer: Broken chords
Inversion
Melodic passing notes
Q5.
What accompaniment style is the following an example of?
Broken chords
Correct answer: Inversion
Melodic passing notes
Q6.
What accompaniment style is the following an example of?
Broken chords
Inversion
Correct answer: Melodic passing notes

Exit quiz

Download exit quiz
Share with pupils

5 Questions

Q1.
What does syllabic mean?
A single syllable sung over multiple notes.
Correct answer: One note per syllable.
Others
When you repeat the same syllable over and over.
Q2.
What does melismatic mean?
Correct answer: A single syllable sung over multiple notes.
One note per syllable.
When you repeat the same syllable over and over.
Q3.
Is "Imagine" mostly syllabic or melismatic?
Melismatic
None of the above
Correct answer: Syllabic
Q4.
What is the correct order when using the lyrics circle method?
Rhyming words, connected words, topic.
Rhyming words, topic, connected words.
Correct answer: Topic, connected word, rhyming words.
Q5.
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Fable, table.
Hesitation, King Cross Station.
Correct answer: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

Lesson appears in

UnitMusic / Band Musicianship 3: Songs for a better world

Music

Show unit