Music

Music Curriculum Intent

At Hamford, we have representative music curriculum that inspires and engages the children to develop a love of music and the possibility of developing as musicians. 

Our Curriculum

The Music curriculum at Hamford builds on skills and  knowledge broken down into these key areas:

• Listening and appraising

• Singing and performing 

• Composing
  Playing tuned and untuned instruments

• Rehearsing and performing with others

• Express feelings about music

• To know how music is used for different purposes.

Music is a highly creative subject where children develop their own musical ideas. Creativity in music is encouraged through children’s improvisations and compositions when singing and playing instruments. They make connections between ‘new’ and ‘old’ learning, solve problems and think critically to develop and improve their ideas. 

Substantive Knowledge

Substantive knowledge in music is based on the developing knowledge of the nine interrelated dimensions of music. All musical learning is built around the interrelated dimensions of music. Substantive knowledge focuses on developing children's skills and knowledge required for them to develop as musicians. This is broken down into nine interrelated dimensions of music

pulse

rhythm

pitch

tempo

dynamics

timbre

texture

structure

notation

Disciplinary Knowledge

Disciplinary knowledge in music is the interpretation on the interrelated dimensions of music and how this knowledge is used when singing, playing instruments, improvising and composing, to develop creative and original pieces and performances. Children work independently and collaboratively to interpret and combine the dimensions of music to create a specific and desired effect.