Year 4 Music
Music lessons in year 4...
By the end of Year 4 children will be able to
Listen and Appraise: Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music from different traditions and from great musicians and composers.
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 - To compose and notate a short melody to accompany a story. Developing singing technique
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.
Spring Term
Spring 1 - To improve and perform a piece of music based around ostinatos. 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.
To perform a piece of music to celebrate Hanami.
Spring 2 -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.
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