Composing and Performing a Leavers' Song
Year 6 - Music - Summer 2
Year 6 - Music - Summer 2
Identify and evaluate the musical features of a song
Contribute ideas to their group chorus, suggesting how lines three and four could rhyme
Contribute ideas to their group verse, suggesting how lines one and four and five and eight could rhyme
Fit an existing melody over a four-chord backing track
Create a melody that fits both the lyrics and the four-chord backing track of the chorus, using tuned percussion instruments
Record melodies using letter notations
Perform the leavers’ song with confidence
Key Knowledge
To know that:
A chord progression is a sequence of chords that repeats throughout a song.
A melody can be adapted by changing its dynamics, pitch or tempo.
Chord progressions are represented in music by Roman numerals
allegro
arrangement
backing track
chorus
chord progression
compose
crescendo
diminuendo
dynamics
evaluate
forte
largo
lyrics
melody
Throughout the KS1 and KS2 music curriculum, children have been taught to sing as part of a group, compose music and think creatively about lyrics.
The Key Stage 3 (years 7-9) curriculum extends children's knowledge of this unit.