Key skills
Perform music of different styles and traditions through singing, playing an instrument and using technology with technical control, fluency and musical expression. Perform as a soloist and as part of an ensemble. Reflect on their performances to develop strengths, weaknesses and next steps.
Compose music using techniques studied in lessons on instruments and/or technology. The music will be increasingly coherent, structured, confident and creative. Evaluate their compositions to identify strengths, weaknesses and next steps.
Understand how music is constructed by:
- Using key terminology to describe musical elements of a wide range of musical styles and traditions,
- Forming links between diverse styles,
- Learning to read notation, including identifying note names of the treble clef.
Listen to and analyse with increasing confidence musical styles across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions including the works of the great composers and musicians. With increased understanding of music will come increased emotional response. Develop aural skills and the ability to identify musical features by ear.
Key concepts
- Melody: how melodic lines are constructed and developed.
- Rhythm: how musical ideas are organised against time.
- Structure: how musical ideas and pieces are constructed with balance between contrast and repetition.
- Sonority: how instrumentation and timbre can be exploited for musical effect.
- Dynamics: how dynamic shading and contrasts increase the emotional impact of music.
- Harmony: how the vertical organisation of pitches affects.
- Texture: the layering of parts and interaction between instruments.
- Tonality: the use of different key structures.
