Music / Year 3 and 4

Curriculum content descriptions

Develop aural skills by exploring, imitating and recognising elements of music including dynamics, pitch and rhythm patterns (ACAMUM084)

Elaborations
  • singing learnt pitch and rhythm patterns and varying elements of music within them to create different effects, for example, singing softer or louder, faster or slower, repeating phrases
  • exploring and varying instrumental timbres in isolation and combination, for example, playing softer or louder, faster or slower, repeating phrases
  • identifying and explaining features in music using terminology and a range of notation
  • Considering viewpoints – forms and elements: For example – How did the music change? How many different sections are there in the music?
  • using movement to demonstrate an understanding of musical form, changing actions as the music changes
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Ear training,  Musical elements

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