Progression in Music                               

EYFS - Children sing songs, make music and experiment with ways of changing them.

KS1   Y1 - Children use their voices to sing songs/speak chants and rhymes.

        Y2 - Children use their voices expressively and creatively singing songs/speaking                   chants and rhymes.

KS2  Y3 - Children begin to play and perform in  ensemble contexts, using their                                  voices  and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency,                      control  and expression.

         Y4 - Children  play and perform in  ensemble contexts, using their                                               voices  and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency,                      control  and expression.

         Y5 - Children improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the                         interrelated dimensions of music. (TIMBRE, PITCH, DYNAMICS, TEMPO)

         Y6 - Children improvise and compose music for a range of purposes using the                         interrelated dimensions of music. (RHYTHM, TEXTURE, STRUCTURE, MELODY,                           HARMONY)