Breadth of Study |
Skills |
Controlling sounds through singing.
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Sing songs in ensemble following the tune (melody) well. |
Perform songs to an audience. |
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Controlling sounds by playing
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Follow instructions on how and when to sing/play an instrument. |
Develop awareness of pitch by identifying higher and lower notes. |
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Creating and developing musical ideas (composing)
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Carefully choose sounds to achieve an effect (including use of ICT). |
Order sounds to create an effect (structure- beginnings/endings). |
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Create short musical patterns. Create sequences of long and short sounds- rhythmic patterns (duration). |
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Control playing instruments so they sound as they should. Use pitch changes to communicate an idea. |
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Start to compose with two or three notes |
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Responding and reviewing (appraising) |
Identify the pulse in music. |
Recognise changes in timbre (sound quality- smooth, crisp, scratchy, rattling, tinkling etc.), dynamics (loud and quiet), tempo (fast and slow) and pitch (high and low). |
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Start to recognise and name instruments. |
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Listening and applying knowledge and understanding |
Listen carefully and recall short rhythmic and melodic patterns. |
Use changes in dynamics, timbre and pitch to organise music. |
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Change sounds to suit a situation. |
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Make own sounds and symbols to make and record music. |
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Start to look at basic formal notation- play by ear first. |
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Know music can be played or listened to for a variety of purposes (in history/ different cultures). |