Contrasting Dynamics
(Theme: Space)
Year 2 - Music - Spring 2
Year 2 - Music - Spring 2
Use their voice to create a variety of sounds
Use dynamics to create an atmosphere
Collaborate with peers to contribute to a group soundscape
Correctly identify changes in dynamics
Show changes in dynamics using bodies and vocals
Compare two pieces of music using musical vocabulary to describe the changes in dynamics
Interpret music in a visual form
Identify and discuss patterns in different pieces of music
Successfully create and play patterns, notating them
Create and play a simple pitch pattern accurately
Key Knowledge
To know that:
Sections of music can be described as fast or slow and the meaning of these terms
Sections of music can be described as loud, quiet or silent and the meaning of these terms
In all pictorial representations of music, representations further up the page are higher sounds and those further down are lower sounds
Pictorial representations of rhythm show sounds and rests
composer
dynamics
pitch pattern
planet
representation
soundscape
tempo
In Year 1, children learnt about dynamics in the unit entitled 'Dynamics (Theme: Seaside)'.
In Year 3, children will continue to develop their knowledge ad understanding of dynamics throughout the musical units taught.