Music at Our Lady’s
““Music is a world within itself with a language we all understand.””
+ Pulse
Uniformly spaced beats - punctuating sound that sets the tempo and anchors the rhythm.
+ Timbre
The quality of a sound made by a particular voice or musical instrument.
+ Rhythm
The pattern of long and short sounds as you move along the song/music.
+ Pitch
How the human ear hears and understands sound frequency - high and low sounds.
+ Contracts
Differences between parts or different instrumental sounds.
+ Dynamics
How quietly or loudly a piece of music is/should be played.
Key Learning and Mastery of Music:
Year 4 and Year 5 - When the children reach Year 4 they have the opportunity to learn how to play a musical instrument. This teaching is delivered weekly to the whole class by a specialist music teacher for the Lancashire Music Service. From September 2022 this opportunity will be extended to two years moving into Year 5 also. Below is a link to an overview, from Lancashire, of this addition to the music curriculum.