Breadth of Study |
Skills |
Controlling sounds through singing. |
Sing simple songs with others or individually, remembering the melody and keeping in time. |
Perform in tune and with expression. |
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Controlling sounds by playing |
Play notes on instruments clearly and including steps/ leaps in pitch |
Improvise (including call and response) within a group using 1 or 2 notes. |
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Creating and developing musical ideas (composing)
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Compose and perform melodies using two or three notes |
Use sound to create abstract effects (including using ICT). |
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Create/ improvise repeated patterns (ostinati) with a range of instruments. |
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Effectively choose, order, combine and control sounds (texture/ structure). |
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Responding and reviewing (appraising) |
Internalise the pulse in music. |
Know the difference between pulse and rhythm. |
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Start to use musical dimensions vocabulary to describe music–duration, timbre, pitch, dynamics, tempo, texture, structure. |
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Use these words to identify where music works well/ needs improving. |
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Listening and applying knowledge and understanding |
Know number of beats in a minim, crotchet, quaver and semibreve and recognise symbols (duration). |
Play with a sound-then symbol approach. |
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Use silence for effect and know symbol for a rest (duration). |
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Describe different purposes of music in history/ other cultures. |