Year 4 Music

Music lessons in year 4...

By the end of Year 4 children will be able to

                                                      Develop an understanding of the History of music.

2. Musical activities: Use their voices expressively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.

                                               Play tuned and un-tuned instruments musically.

                                               Listen with concentration and understanding to a range of high quality live and recorded music.

                                              Experiment with, create , select and combine sounds using their inter-related dimensions of music.

3. Perform and share:  Use their voices expressively by singing songs and speaking chants and rhymes.

                                                   Play tuned and un-tuned instruments musically.

Autumn Term

Autumn 1 - Body and tuned percussion (Rainforests)

To identify structure and texture in music.

To use body percussion.

To create musical rhythms using body percussion.

To create simple tunes.

To build and improve a composition.

Autumn 2 - Developing singing technique

To sing in time with others.

To sing in time with others.

To recognise simple rhythmic notation by ear and sight.

To use simple rhythmic notation to compose a Viking Battle song.

To perform music with confidence and discipline

Spring Term

Spring 1 - To perform a piece of music to celebrate Hanami.-Change in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Rivers)


To sing in two parts using expression and dynamics.

To recognise key elements of music.

To perform a vocal ostinato.

To create and perform an ostinato.

To improve and perform a piece of music based around ostinatos.


Spring 2 Haiku, music and performance (Hanami)

To describe the festival of Hanami using words and sounds.

To represent a blossom tree using sounds.

To identify different musical features.

To work as a group to create a piece of music to celebrate Hanami.


Summer Term

Summer 1 - Samba and carnival sounds and instruments 

To recognise and identify the main features of Samba music.

To understand and play syncopated rhythms.

To play syncopated rhythms as part of a group.

To compose a basic rhythm break.

To perform rhythm breaks within the samba piece.

Summer 2 - Rock and Roll

To understand the history of rock and roll music.

To be able to perform with a sense of style.

To play a walking bass line on tuned percussion.

To be able to play a rock and roll bass line

To be able to play a Rock and Roll piece of music