Music / Year 5 and 6

Curriculum content descriptions

Develop technical and expressive skills in singing and playing instruments with understanding of rhythm, pitch and form in a range of pieces, including in music from the community (ACAMUM089)

Elaborations
  • rehearsing a range of unison and part music individually and in ensemble to develop contrast in music they sing and play
  • practising their singing and playing to explore and develop technical skills in solo and ensemble music, for example, practising to accurately interpret rhythm and pitch
  • rehearsing and refining performances in an expressive manner to communicate meaning, for example, songs from the community
  • composing, rehearsing and performing songs and instrumental pieces using scores in a range of forms
  • improvising, rehearsing and performing using technologies
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Music performance,  Rhythm (Music),  Pitch (Music),  Music structure

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