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Year 3 - Music

Singing together as a school community

Singing together: how songs are used in communities

Unit Summary

Pupils learn that singing often draws communities together to tell stories, comment on history, share happy or sad times and to worship. Through rehearsing and performing a range of songs, pupils explore how different songs capture different emotions.

Lesson Summary

You understand how changing dynamics and using your voice in different ways can help capture the character of the music.

Key Notes

  • Singing together as a school community can help everyone to feel a sense of belonging.
  • To create an effective performance, it is important to think carefully about the character of a song.
  • We can choose dynamics such as piano (soft) and forte (loud) to reflect the character of a song.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • dynamics: how loud or quiet the music is
  • piano: a musical direction to perform softly, at a quieter volume
  • forte: a musical direction to perform strongly, at a louder volume
  • crescendo: a gradual increase in loudness or intensity

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Singing forte means singing (or shouting) as loudly as I can.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Singing together as a school community can help everyone to feel a sense of belonging. To create an effective performance, it is important to think carefully about the character of a song.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'dynamics'

how loud or quiet the music is.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Singing forte means singing (or shouting) as loudly as I can. Correction: It is important when we are singing forte to use our singing, not our shouting, voices. To do this, think about singing 'strongly' not 'loudly.' Can you make your voice sound confident? Energetic? Powerful?

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