Flowers - Miley Cyrus

• Use the Get Ready prompt to find the right notes or chord on the instrument you are playing.
• This activity will also help you to become familiar with reading tablature (TAB)

• The video contains ukulele, bass, guitar and keyboard cues with lyrics that change with the song and suggested rhythms in a box using 1+2+3+4 notation throughout the song.
• Follow your lines and play along with the song using the backing track to help keep in time and maintain the ensemble.
• You may decide to perform the vocal parts alongside the instrumental parts.
• The click track allows you to play the song without the backing track while still following the visual musical cues.

Making Sounds – Know the Terminology Associated with the Instrument:

• Guitars/ukuleles: fret, up/down neck, left/right hand, chord, barre, strum, down/up, string names, open string, mute, tab
• Keyboards: white notes, black notes, note names, chord, finger numbers (1-5), root

Following Instructions: Musical Skills:

• Respond to signals for start and stop
• Feel the pulse
• Mark the beat by counting

Playing the instrument:

• Tap or clap the rhythm/strum pattern before transferring to instruments
• Say the rhythms while counting 1 and 2 and etc
• Count the beat aloud/in thinking voice when playing rhythms
• Maintain a steady beat when playing rhythms

Performing with Others:

• Find/stay on (or re-find) the beat when playing along with others
• Maintain rhythms when playing with others
• Follow instructions for beat, tempo and dynamic levels
• Listen carefully to sounds made
• Check technique and adjust as needed

Being a Musician:

• Take turns as appropriate
• Be respectful of others when turn-taking i.e. keeping still or silent Listen carefully to the ideas of others
• Be supportive, positive and constructive when working with others Listen carefully to the sounds made
• Consider the overall effect of sounds when arranged and combined Reflect on own work and that of others
• Identify targets for improvement

Following Written Notation:

• Link rhythms played with written symbols
• Follow fingering charts, keyboard cards and rhythm boxes as appropriate
• Read notation from left to right
• Read ahead to prepare for changes in rhythm patterns or chords
• Recognise and follow the symbol for repeat