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"Painting with sound"

The following chart show how the new A & C Black scheme can be used to provide broad coverage in line with the National Curriculum for Music for England.

This guidance is designed to supplement the materials available in this new scheme of musical activities.

Special Note: I am grateful for the work of Alison Keates and Dot Atkin (Shropshire Music Service) who worked with me in the preparation of this new support material.

  Music 2000 Programme of Study for Year 3  
  Key Stage 2 A & C Black 'Music Express' "Painting with sound"
  Pupils should be taught how to: Objectives Activities
  Controlling sounds through singing and playing - performing skills   Page/Activity
1a sing songs, in unison and two parts, with clear diction, control of pitch, a sense of phrase and musical expression To sing songs which create specific moods; 46/1;
1b play tuned and untuned instruments with control and rhythmic accuracy To use instruments as an accompaniment; 46/3;
1c practise, rehearse and present performing with an awareness of the audience To perform composition following a director; 44/3; 49/1; 49/2; 49/3;
  Creating and developing musical ideas - composing skills   Page/Activity
2a improvise, developing rhythmic and melodic material when performing To compose using the voice; 46/2;
2b explore, choose, combine and organise musical ideas within musical structures To select appropriate instruments to create a given mood; 44/2; 45/1; 45/2; 45/3; 47/2;
  Responding and reviewing - appraising skills   Page/Activity
3a analyse and compare sounds    
3b explore and explain their own ideas and feelings about music using movement, dance, expressive language and musical vocabulary To use expressive language to describe sounds; 47/1;
3c improve their own and others' work in relation to its intended effect To refine compositions; 47/3;
  Listening, and applying knowledge and understanding   Page/Activity
4a to listen with attention to detail and to internalise and recall sounds with increasing aural memory    
4b how the combined musical elements of pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture and silence can be organised within musical structures and used to communicate different moods and effects to listen to a variety of music which communicates different moods and effects; 42/1; 42/2; 42/3; 45/1; 45/2; 45/3;
4c how music is produced in different ways and described through relevant established and invented notations    
4d how time and place can influence the way music is created, performed and heard    

 

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