SINGING

LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
LEVEL 6

PERFORMING
LEVEL 4
Sing in tune with expression and perform accurately more
complex parts with others using a small range of notes
LEVEL 5
Sing in tune with expression and perform accurately more
complex parts with others using a greater range of notes
LEVEL 6
Improve your own & others work in the light of the
chosen style

COMPOSING
LEVEL 4
Identify & explore the relationship between sounds & how music reflects different
intentions.
Compose by developing ideas within musical structures.
LEVEL 5
Identify & explore musical devices
Compose music for different occasions using appropriate musical devices.
LEVEL 6
Identify & explore the different processes & contexts of selected musical styles,
genres & traditions.
Choose tempo, dynamics, phrasing & timbre & use expressively.
Use harmonic & non-harmonic devices.
Sustain & develop musical ideas, achieving different intended effects.

IMPROVISING
LEVEL 4
Improvise ideas in a group performance
LEVEL 5
Improvise tunes & rhythms within given structures
LEVEL 6
Improvise & compose in different styles and genres.

LISTENING & APPRAISING

LEVEL 4
Describe, compare & evaluate different kinds of music using
musical words.
LEVEL 5
Explain how music reflects time, place & culture.
Analyse & compare musical features.
LEVEL 6
Analyse, compare & evaluate how music reflects the contexts
in which it is created, performed and heard.

ENSEMBLE SKILLS
LEVEL 4
Hold your own part in performance, knowing how the different
parts fit together
LEVEL 5
Perform with awareness of your own contribution such as
leading others, taking a solo part or providing rhythmic support.
LEVEL 6
Make subtle adjustments to fit your own part within a group
performance.

EVALUATING
LEVEL 4
Suggest improvements to your own & others work, commenting
on how your intentions have been achieved.
LEVEL 5
Evaluate how venue, occasion & purpose affect the way music is
created, performed & heard.
Refine & improve your work.
LEVEL 6
Improve your own & others work in the light of the chosen style.

NOTATION
LEVEL 4
Perform from simple notations
LEVEL 5
Use a variety of notations
LEVEL 6
Use relevant notations to plan, revise & refine
material.