Ballads
Year 3 - Music - Autumn 1
Year 3 - Music - Autumn 1
Identify the key features of a ballad.
Perform a ballad using actions
Sing in time and in tune with a song and incorporate actions
Retell a summary of an animation’s story
Write a verse with rhyming words which tell part of a story
Perform their lyrics fluently and with actions.
Key Knowledge
To know that:
A ballad tells a story through song
Lyrics are the words of a song
A ‘stanza’ in a ballad is a verse
ballad
ensemble
compose
In Year 2, children learnt about different styles of music and different types of instruments in the unit entitled 'Instruments (Theme: Musical Story Telling)'.
In Year 4, children will continue to use their voices to sing in the unit entitled 'Changes in Pitch, Tempo and Dynamics'.