Archived unit: Pitch and tempo

Learning how to identify high and low notes and to compose a simple tune, children investigate how tempo changes help tell a story and make music more exciting.

Please note

This unit has now been replaced by the Year 1 unit Pitch (Theme: Superheroes) and will no longer be updated.

Lessons

Lesson 1: Pitch and tempo: High fliers

  • To understand the concept of pitch using audio clips, instruments and voices.

Lesson 2: Pitch and tempo: Pitch patterns

  • To create a pattern using two pitches.

Lesson 3: Pitch and tempo: Faster than a speeding bullet

  • To understand the concept of tempo using audio clips and instruments.

Lesson 4: Pitch and tempo: Superhero theme tune

  • To create a superhero theme tune using changes in tempo and pitch.

Lesson 5: Pitch and tempo: Final performance

  • To perform a piece of superhero music using previous learning.

Key skills

  • Recognising basic tempo, dynamic

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Key knowledge

  • To understand that tempo

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Key vocabulary

accelerando

compose

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Assessment – Music Y1: Pitch and tempo

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