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Year 1 Music Study Guides
Every lesson below links to a pupil-friendly study guide with key notes, vocabulary, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.
Compose and Create: exploring and performing rhythm patterns
- Composing a rhythm sequence using pictures Study Guide
- Echoing simple rhythm patterns Study Guide
- Identifying the timbre of classroom percussion Study Guide
- Playing rhythm patterns to a steady pulse Study Guide
- Reading rhythms from pictures Study Guide
- Singing, moving and playing to a steady pulse Study Guide
Compose and create: high and low melodic responses
- Chants and songs with a call and response structure Study Guide
- Composing a four beat rhythm Study Guide
- Composing a simple high and low melody Study Guide
- Identifying high and low notes Study Guide
- Performing a simple melody as part of a call and response song Study Guide
- Reading simple rhythms Study Guide
Music and movement: feeling the pulse and changing the tempo
- Choosing a fast or slow tempo for songs, chants and games Study Guide
- Feeling the pulse in music with a fast or slow tempo Study Guide
- Feeling the pulse in songs and chants Study Guide
- Keeping a steady beat as we move, sing and play Study Guide
- Responding to tempo changes within a song or piece of music Study Guide
- Using tempo to tell a musical story Study Guide
Singing for performance: Changing tempo and dynamics in our songs
- Changing dynamics to change the mood Study Guide
- Changing the tempo to build excitement Study Guide
- Creating a convincing singing performance Study Guide
- Following a conductor to create a musical mood Study Guide
- Responding to different musical moods Study Guide
- Singing with character and feeling Study Guide