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Unit Summary

This unit develops pupils' confidence and enjoyment in making music, encouraging them to see themselves as musicians. They sing as a group, develop composition skills, and revisit key musical terms to engage thoughtfully with the elements of music and use them creatively and expressively.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use the elements of music to describe music and can perform a song to a pulse.

Key Notes

• The elements of music help us understand the music that we listen to and enjoy.
• Pitch, tempo, dynamics and rhythm are four elements that are fundamental to how music is made.
• Performing is an example of making music.
• Keeping to a pulse is important when performing.
• Taking relaxed, deep and sustained singing breaths is important to help us sing well.

Vocabulary To Learn

• pitch: how high or low a note is
• tempo: how fast or slow the music is
• dynamics: how loud or soft the music is
• rhythm: a pattern of sounds
• pulse: the steady feel of the beat

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• The conductor is the only person responsible for keeping the pulse and pitch is only high and low.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Extending and refining creative ideas Study Guide
• How music can paint pictures Study Guide
• Texture in music Study Guide