How music makes us feel

How music makes us feel

​Year 2 – Creating media – Making music

​Raspberry Pi Foundation

Poll

How are you feeling?

Poll

Do you like listen to music?

• Yes

• No

The Planets

Gustav Holst wrote music to make us think and feel different things

The Planets

He named his pieces of music after the planets

Describe the differences

You will listen to the these two pieces of music by Holst.

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How this music made you feel? Mars

Draw

How this music made you feel? Venus

To say how music makes us feel

Cut out the words

Sort the words into two piles to describe Venus and Mars music

Glue words on to the worksheet

To say how music makes us feel

Challenge

Can you you say why you have chosen your words?

Can you add any of your own words?

loud	quiet
deep	gentle
dark	smooth
strong	soft
scared	relaxed

very polite, confident, and able to persuade people, but in a way that is not sincere

smooth

Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Named after Jupiter, the Roman god of sky and thunder

Could any of your words describe this piece?

How is it similar or different to the other pieces?

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How this music made you feel? Venus

Poll

Could any of your words describe this piece?

• loud

• quiet

• dark

• soft

• scared

Open Ended

Which piece of music do you like the most?

I like______because_____________________________

Open Ended

I do not like______because_____________________________

Using a computer to make music

Named after Jupiter, the Roman god of sky and thunder

Could any of your words describe this piece?

How is it similar or different to the other pieces?

Using a computer to make music

In future lessons you’re going to use a computer to create music.

The program is called:

Chrome Music Labs

For now, you’re going to listen to the instruments in the Spectrogram. Talk with a partner about how each one makes you feel.

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