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Year 3

In year 3 the children will complete the following key skills in music:

Listen with direction to a range of high quality music

Confidently recognise a range of musical instruments

Understand that improvisation is when a composer makes up a tune within boundaries

Understand that composition is when a composer writes down and records a musical idea

Sing songs with multiple parts with increasing confidence

Play and perform in solo or ensemble contexts with confidence

Develop an understanding of formal, written notation which includes crotchets and rests

Begin to listen to and recall sounds with increasing aural memory

Find the pulse within the context of different songs/music with ease

Find the pulse within the context of different songs/music with ease