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Music progression grid – 2021-2022

The music curriculum is designed to ensure that there is clear progression across the full range of knowledge, skills and concepts required.

Progression is broken down into the following areas:

Musician ship – Understanding Music

Listening Singing Notation Playing Instruments Playing the recorder Creating: improvising

Creating: composing Performing

Concept: Pulse Concept: Rhythm Concept: Pitch Melody

Concept: Dynamics Concept: Tempo Concept: Timbre Concept: Texture Concept: Form

Key Vocabulary lists (taken from the fundamental concepts of music) – This shows the new vocab to be introduced each year, while keeping the previous vocab.

Concept: Pulse Concept: Rhythm

Concept: Pitch Melody

Concept: Dynamics

Concept: Tempo Concept: Timbre

Concept: Texture

Concept: Form

Early years clap pattern high; low loud; quiet fast; slow sounds sounds verse; chorus

Year 1 steady beat

long short sounds

high; low; C&F major

loud; quiet steady; fast; slow Identify; together; combinations

movement; verse; chorus

Year 2 4/4-time signature

syllables Melody; CDEFGABC

Section; forte; piano

change speaking; singing; voice

accompaniment repeated; tune

Year 3 2/4 3/4-time signature

Minim; crotchet; quaver; rest

Minor; Gmajor; f#; Bflat; pentatonic; stave

dynamics; Control; slower; faster

tuned; untuned; percussion

solo sections

Year 4 offbeat; back beat

Semi-breve; dotted

Pitch; stave; interval; octave; Eflat; C#; Aminor; I, IV, V chords

graduation; crescendo; diminuendo

Tone; colour; marching band; symphonic orchestra; woodwind; brass; percussion; strings; instrument names (see PG)

texture; richness; backing; vocal; riff; ostinato; unison

Call and response; bridge; improvisation; phrases;

Year 5 6/8-time signature

Semi-quaver II VI chords; tonality; Eflat major; D minor; F major

mezzo forte tempi; tempo; musical style

male; female; voices; rapping; gospel; solo; rock band; a Capella

intervals; chords; AB musical structure

Year 6 syncopated beat Triplet quaver tonal centre; blues scale

Further instruments (see PG)

layered voices folk; rock; pop; contrasting; tonality

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Prior to accessing the Music curriculum, pupils begin their progression in the EYFS:

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Fundamental concepts of music

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Musicianship – Understanding Music

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Listening

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Singing

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Notation

Playing Instruments

Playing the recorder

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Creating: Improvising

Creating: Composing

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Performing