Pupil outcome: I can describe the timbre of instruments and understand that an instrument’s materials affect its timbre. Key learning points: - We warm up before playing so that we can focus our mind and bodies and be ready to play. -...

Pupil outcome: I can rehearse a rhythm and can choose an instrument, based on its timbre, to perform it on. Key learning points: - When we chant an animal description we are chanting in a rhythm. - We can rehearse rhythms to improve and...

Pupil outcome: I can respond to music through movement and understand that timbre can help to develop a character. Key learning points: - Composers can create music that helps us imagine animals, characters or stories. - Moving to music...

Pupil outcome: I can use symbols to write my animal sounds on a graphic score. Key learning points: - Music can be notated to share and remember for another day. - A graphic score is one way of reading and writing notation. - Graphic...

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Explore the various elements of music, such as pitch, harmony, rhythm, tempo, and timbre, and how they come together to create music. We also discuss the different ways music is made and played around the world, from using our voices and...

What is perfect pitch, or absolute pitch? Can it be learned? How does timbre, or the type of instrument affect perfect pitch? Physics explains!

Colour in music can mean a number of different things. Some musicians experience Synesthesia in which particular notes, keys or chords are experienced directly in relation to particular colours. We talk about the Blues or about white...