Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Learn a new song, singing in time and in tune while following the lyrics.
- Identify motifs aurally and play a repeated pattern on a tuned instrument.
- Create and performing a motif, notating it with reasonable accuracy.
- Transpose their motif, using sharp or flat notes where necessary and change the rhythm.
- Combine different versions of a musical motif and perform as a group using musical notation.
Suggested prior learning
Changes in pitch, tempo and dynamics (Theme: Rivers)
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Here come the Romans
Lesson 2: Musical motifs
Lesson 3: Motifs and mosaics
Lesson 4: Motif development
Lesson 5: Combine and perform
Key skills
- Recognising the use and
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Key knowledge
- To understand that musical
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Key vocabulary
backing track
bass line
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Unit resources
Assessment – Music Y4: Adapting and transposing motifs
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Knowledge organiser
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Subject resources
Music: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Music
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National curriculum mapping
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Music: Pupil progression of skills
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Assessment
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Equipment list
A list of essential and optional
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Unit vocabulary
A unit-by-unit list of musical vocabulary
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Music teacher skills videos
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Nothing relevant in this unit.