Composing is like writing a story with music.  

Everyone can compose.  

Help to create a simple melody using one, two or three notes.  

Learn how the notes of the composition can be written down and changed if necessary.  

Composing is like writing a story with music.

Everyone can compose.

Help create three simple melodies with the Units using one, three or five different notes.

Learn how the notes of the composition can be written down and changed if necessary.

To know and be able to talk about:  

A composition: music that is created by you and kept in some way. It’s like writing a story. It can be played or performed again to your friends.  

Different ways of recording compositions (letter names, symbols, audio etc.)  

Help create at least one simple melody using one, three or five different notes.  

Plan and create a section of music that can be performed within the context of the unit song.  

Talk about how it was created.  

Listen to and reflect upon the developing composition and make musical decisions about pulse, rhythm, pitch, dynamics and tempo.  

Record the composition in any way appropriate that recognises the connection between sound and symbol (e.g. graphic/pictorial notation).  

To  know  and  be  able  to  talk  about:   

A  composition:  music  that  is  created  by  you  and  kept  in  some  way.  It’s  like  writing  a  story.  It  can  be  played  or  performed  again  to  your  friends.   

Different  ways  of  recording  compositions  (letter  names,  symbols,  audio  etc.)   

Help  create  at  least  one  simple  melody  using  one,  three  or  all  five  different  notes.   

Plan  and  create  a  section  of  music  that  can  be  performed  within t he  context  of  the  unit  song.   

Talk  about  how  it  was  created.   

Listen  to  and  reflect  upon  the  developing  composition  and  make  musical  decisions  about  pulse,  rhythm,  pitch,  dynamics  and  tempo.   

Record  the  composition  in  any  way  appropriate t hat  recognises  the  connection  between  sound  and  symbol  (e.g.  graphic/pictorial  notation).   

To know and be able to talk about:  

A composition: music that is created by you and kept in some way. It’s like writing a story. It can be played or performed again to your friends.  

A composition has pulse, rhythm and pitch that work together and are shaped by tempo, dynamics, texture and structure   

Notation: recognise the connection between sound and symbol  

Create simple melodies using up to five different notes and simple rhythms that work musically with the style of the Unit song.  

Explain the keynote or home note and the structure of the melody.  

Listen to and reflect upon the developing composition and make musical decisions about how the melody connects with the song.  

Record the composition in any way appropriate that recognises the connection between sound and symbol (e.g. graphic/pictorial notation).  

To  know  and  be  able  to  talk  about:   

A  composition:  music  that  is  created  by  you  and  kept  in  some  way.  It’s  like  writing  a  story.  It  can  be  played o r  performed  again  to  your  friends.   

A  composition  has  pulse,  rhythm  and p itch  that  work  together  and  are  shaped  by  tempo,  dynamics,  texture  and  structure    

Notation:  recognise  the  connection  between  sound  and  symbol   

Create  simple  melodies  using  up  to  five  different  notes  and  simple  rhythms  that  work  musically  with  the s tyle  of  the  Unit  song.   

Explain  the  keynote  or  home n ote  and  the  structure  of  the  melody.   

Listen  to  and  reflect  upon  the  developing  composition  and  make  musical  decisions  about  how t he  melody  connects  with  the  song.   

Record  the  composition  in  any  way  appropriate  that  recognises  the  connection  between  sound  and  symbol  (e.g.  graphic/pictorial  notation).