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🎼 🎵 Music
KS2

Musical Notation and Composition

Learn how musical notation works and explore the creative process of composing music.

Key facts:
✓ Musical notation uses a stave (five horizontal lines) with notes positioned to show pitch, and symbols to show duration.
✓ A crotchet lasts one beat; a minim lasts two beats; a quaver lasts half a beat.
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🎻 🎵 Music
KS2

The Orchestra and Instruments

Explore the four sections of the orchestra and discover how each family of instruments works.

Key facts:
✓ An orchestra is a large group of musicians playing together, typically divided into four sections: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.
✓ String instruments (violin, cello, double bass) make sound through vibrating strings, bowed or plucked.
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🎵 🎵 Music
KS2

Pitch and Dynamics

Explore how pitch and dynamics shape the feel and expression of music.

Key facts:
✓ Pitch describes how high or low a musical note is — higher-pitched sounds have faster vibrations.
✓ Dynamics describe how loud or quiet music is — from pianissimo (very quiet) to fortissimo (very loud).
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🥁 🎵 Music
KS2

Rhythm and Beat in Music

Explore the difference between beat and rhythm and how music is organised.

Key facts:
✓ The beat is the steady, regular pulse in music — like a heartbeat or a ticking clock.
✓ Rhythm is a pattern of long and short sounds played over the beat.
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