Music in Year 3

Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 3:45pm

The children in Year 3 have really been enjoying their music.

So far, we have practised using our body parts to create a pulse (beat) and a rhythm of a tune.

Then, we wrote our own rhythms using musical notes such as crotchets and quavers.  We practised these rhythms on non-tuned instruments like bells, drums and tambourines.

Today, we have played tuned instruments called glockenspiels and xylophones.

A glockenspiel is a tuned instrument with metal bars. It is a German word that means ‘play the bells’.  

A xylophone is a tuned instrument with wooden bars. It is a Greek word that means ‘wooden sound’.

The children wrote their own repeating tunes using the notes C, D and E and composed a short melody using those notes.

The photographs below don’t even begin to describe the wonderful noise that filled the classroom this afternoon.

Next, we will learn the other 5 notes; A, B, F and G to create our own melodies. 

Vocabulary Choices

Forte – Loud music

Piano – Quiet music

Pulse – the steady beat in music

Rhythm – the pattern of the music

Crotchet – a note that is one beat long

Quaver - a note that is half a beat long