Music Implementation
Our music curriculum is implemented in the following ways -
•Listening and Appraising
•Music Skills (instrumental and vocal)
•Reading skills (rhythm and stave)
•Practice and Performance skills
•Composing and Improvising Skills
•Theory (Knowledge and understanding - history)
•Music Technology (2Sequence, Busy Beats, Charanga)
Listening and Appraising
•Learn how to listen to music analytically
identifying musical instruments,
•structure,
•style,
• specific features of the piece,
•Find and move (or clap) to the pulse/beat (identify time signature, etc.)
•Repeat rhythms present in the music (Make it your own)
•Repeat melody phrases (Make it your own)
Music Skills
•Instrumental:
how to produce sounds with a music purpose, techniques, repetition and variation, improvising, structure awareness, dynamics, etc.
•Vocal:
Sing in tune, diction, interpretation, techniques, structure awareness, improvising, etc.
Ensemble/Band skills:
Playing with others, performing skills, audience awareness and delivery, etc.
Reading Skills
•Reading symbols (EYFS, KS1) – Rhythms (Stick, spiders, sh…)
•Reading music notation (KS2) – Rhythms - Minim, Crochet, Quavers…
•Reading Notes (Score reading) – Pitch - C,D,E, etc… Identify on stave
•Sight Reading
Practice and Performing
•Individual and Group Practice
•Rehearsal
•Performing (Confidence, proficiency, audience response…)
Composing and Improvising
•Composing and song writing :
techniques,
structure,
collaboration,
decision making,
Use of IT music programs, etc…
•Improvising
Follow model (repetition)
Creating own music on spot
Theory
•Knowledge and understanding of musical terms (Treble/Bass clef, stave, crochet, Adagio, etc…)
•Knowledge of history of music, composers (music periods),
•Understanding and identifying genres/styles, musical cultures…
•Theory in Practice (Clapping symbols accordingly, singing notes…
•Listening, Appraising and answer questions about the music