Music Year 1
Controlling Sounds through singing and playing (performing) | Creating and developing musical ideas (composing) | Listening and applying knowledge and understanding Responding and reviewing to Music (Listening and appraising) |
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1p1. Take part in singing. | 1c1. Make a sequence of long and short sounds with help (duration). | 1l1. Hear the pulse in music. |
1p2. Use voice in different ways to create different effects. | 1c3. Make different sounds (high and lowโ pitch; loud and quietโ dynamics; fast and slow-tempo; quality of the sound- smooth, crisp, scratchy, rattling, tinkling etc.โ timbre). | 1l2. Hear different moods in music. |
1p3. Follow instructions on how and when to sing/play an instrument. | 1c4.Choose sounds to represent different things (ideas, thoughts, feelings, moods etc.). | 1l3. Identify textureโ one sound or several sounds? |
1p4. Make sounds with a slight difference, with help. | 1l4. Listen for different types of sounds. | |
1p5. Make and control long and short sounds (duration). Imitate changes in pitchโ high and low. | 1l5. Know how sounds are made and changed. | |
1p6. Take notice of others when performing. | ||
1p7. Clap longer rhythms with help. |

1p1. Take part in singing
1c1.Make a sequence of long and short sounds with help (duration).
1c4.Choose sounds to represent different things (ideas, thoughts, feelings, moods, etc.).

1c1. Make a sequence of long and short sounds with help (duration).
1c3. Make different sounds (high and low – pitch; loud and quiet โ dynamics; fast and slow โ tempo; quality of the sound โ smooth, crisp, scratchy, rattling, tinkling etc. โ timbre).

1c4. Choose sounds to represent different things (ideas, thoughts, feelings, moods etc.).
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