Music
Being a musician
A year 1 musician
- I can use my voice to speak, sing and chant.
- I can use instruments to perform.
- I can clap short rhythmic patterns.
- I can make different sounds with my voice and with instruments.
- I can repeat short rhythmic and melodic patterns.
- I can make a sequence of sounds.
- I can respond to different moods in music.
- I can say whether I like or dislike a piece of music.
- I can choose sounds to represent different things.
- I can follow instructions about when to play and sing.
A year 2 musician
- I can sing and follow a melody.
- I can perform simple patterns and accompaniments keeping a steady pulse.
- I can play simple rhythmic patterns on an instrument.
- I can sing or clap increasing and decreasing tempo.
- I can order sounds to create a beginning, middle and an end.
- I can create music in response to different starting points.
- I can choose sounds which create an effect.
- I can use symbols to represent sounds.
- I can make connections between notations and musical sounds.
- I can listen out for particular things when listening to music.
- I can improve my own work.
A year 3 musician
- I can sing a tune with expression.
- I can play clear notes on instruments.
- I can use different elements in my composition.
- I can create repeated patterns with different instruments.
- I can compose melodies and songs.
- I can create accompaniments for tunes.
- I can combine different sounds to create a specific mood or feeling.
- I can use musical words to describe a piece of music and compositions.
- I can use musical words to describe what I like and do not like about a piece of music.
- I can recognise the work of at least one famous composer.
- I can improve my work; explaining how it has been improved.
A year 4 musician
- I can perform a simple part rhythmically.
- I can sing songs from memory with accurate pitch.
- I can improvise using repeated patterns.
- I can use notation to record and interpret sequences of pitches.
- I can use notation to record compositions in a small group or on my own.
- I can explain why silence is often needed in music and explain what effect it has.
- I can identify the character in a piece of music.
- I can identify and describe the different purposes of music.
- I can begin to identify the style of work of Beethoven, Mozart and Elgar.
A year 5 musician
- I can breathe in the correct place when singing.
- I can maintain my part whilst others are preforming their part.
- I can improvise within a group using melodic and rhythmic phrases.
- I can change sounds or organise them differently to change the effect.
- I can compose music which meets specific criteria.
- I can use notation to record groups of pitches (chords).
- I can use my music diary to record aspects of the composition process.
- I can choose the most appropriate tempo for a piece of music.
- I can describe, compare and evaluate music using musical vocabulary.
- I can explain why I think music is successful or unsuccessful.
- I can suggest improvement to my own work and that of others.
- I can contrast the work of a famous composer and explain my preferences.
A year 6 musician
- I can sing in harmony confidently and accurately.
- I can perform parts from memory.
- I can take the lead in a performance.
- I can use a variety of different musical devices in my composition (including melody, rhythms and chords).
- I can evaluate how the venue, occasion and purpose affects the way a piece of music is created.
- I can analyse features within different pieces of music.
- I can compare and contrast the impact that different composers from different times have had on people of that time.
