Year 6 · Music · Composing · Lesson 3

Composing and evaluating a short piece

Composing and evaluating: the elements of music, dynamics (piano, forte, crescendo, diminuendo), texture and timbre, notating, and evaluating with WWW and EBI, with an original model piece.

14-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Use the elements of music
Add dynamics
Notate a composition
Evaluate using musical vocabulary

The method

Plan.
Compose + notate.
Perform.
Evaluate.

Key words: dynamics, texture, timbre, tempo, crescendo, evaluate.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What does ‘p’ (piano) mean?

Step 1: Quiet

Answer: quiet

Question 2

What does ‘f’ (forte) mean?

Step 1: Loud

Answer: loud

Question 3

What does crescendo mean?

Step 1: Louder

Answer: getting louder