Music Y4 UK curriculum. Key words.

What does Pentatonic mean?

• Notes in a scale

• A famous singing group

• A 5 note scale

• A really cool song that Mr Banyard likes to sing

What does Tempo mean?

• How fast or slow a piece of music is

• How loud a piece of music is

• How many instruments there are

• Tempo means Tempo of course!!!!

What does the word 'structure' in music mean?

• How tall a piece of music is

• How the sections in a piece of music sound

• How the order of sections of a piece of music are organised

• How fast the music is

What is melody?

• 1 note at a time played by a pitched instrument or singer

• 1 note at a time on any instrument

• How the music sounds

• A bunch of music stuff all going on but sounds really cool

What is a chord or triad?

• 3 strings on a guitar

• 3 musicians playing together

• A piece of wire or cable

• 3 or more notes played together at the same time

What does 'Binary Structure' mean in music?

• Music organised into 2 different sections like a verse and chorus

• Music with 2 musicians

• Music with lots of cool stuff happening

• The sound of the music

What does Dynamics mean?

• How fast a piece of music is

• How loud or quiet a piece of music is

• How dramatic a piece of music is

• Music that is loud sometimes

In music, the drum part is often the same most of the time.

• True

• False

• What is a drum?

• Mr Banyard is my favourite singer

When we hear or play a melody, the instrument never stops playing and there are never any breaks of silence.

• True

• False

• What is a melody

• Musicians should never stop playing, ever!

What is Pitch in music?

• How hard a note is

• How cool music sounds

• How high or low notes are

• Where musicians play football