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Introduction
Children extend their knowledge of sounds through using ICT to change speech, instrumental and found sounds. They go on to explore possibilities of playing instruments in unconventional ways. This activity helps to develop children’s listening, composition and performance skills

What will the children learn?
Children develop skills in capturing and modifying sound using ICT. They learn to combine these expressively with sounds produced using voices and instruments

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Music Year 4: Fossils

Introduction
Children use Karaoke software to listen to instruments and to explore orchestral arrangements. They focus on the xylophone, exploring how sounds are made. They go on to research the xylophone on the internet

What will the children learn?
• names of instruments
• to identify instruments in an orchestral arrangement
• how sounds are created on the xylophone
• how the xylophone may be used in descriptive music

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