Music's Return Curriculum 2021

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• LO: Children listen to a range of Musical Genres (based on 'Music of The Month') expressing preferences, likes and dislikes.  Children discuss in pairs and threes, what kind of images the music creates in their imagination.

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• The Children will study the musical scale of C Major using well known melodies, nursery rhymes and melodic devices to begin to write and arrange simple melodies. they will also be introduced to simple standard and non-standard notation

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• High and Low: demonstrated and practiced visually with their 8 note xylophone, the song, High. Low, Giggle in the middle and using the bass guitar, the classical guitar and the ukulele

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• LO: Children listen to a range of Musical Genres (based on 'Music of The Month') expressing preferences, likes and dislikes.  Children discuss in pairs and threes, what kind of images the music creates in their imagination.

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• lThe children will learn about pitch and volume through hands-on experience of playing the xylophone and metallophone. They will compose, improvise experiment with non-standard notation

1. Understanding, Using and Applying the Interrelated Dimensions of Music
2. Playing and performing (to each other and to camera for the school twitter) on tuned and untuned instruments
3. Participating and using voices expressively to convey meaning, message and emotion
4. Enjoying and understanding music from a range of cultures and traditions
5. Using standard and non-standard notation
6. Improvise and compose purposeful music

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• Using the award winning scheme UKUELE MAGIC, the children will learn the fundamentals of good ukulele technique singing and playing both open string accompaniments and chords

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• Complying to Covid safe rules, children will explore their voices in unison, round and harmony singing, paying attention to breath control, volume and pitch

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• The children will go further with their ukulele studies, learning simple finger picking, chords and Banjo technique for well known songs

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• The Children will listen to, learn about and play a range of ethnic and non-European, tuned and untuned instruments

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• Along with a basic knowledge of the guitars evolution and history, the children will learn to read chord diagrams, learn basic left and right hand technique, simple two and three finger chords and strumming patterns.

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• Children will learn about the rise of Blues music in mainstream culture and pop music. They will study the music of Elvis Presley and Nina Simone

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• Along with a basic knowledge of the guitars evolution and history, the children will learn to read chord diagrams, complete basic left and right hand technique, simple two and three finger chords and strumming patterns

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• The children will learn about the evolution of the modern classical guitar and specifically the Spanish Classical guitar from Torres, Francisco Tarrega, Andreas Segovia and John Williams