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Important update!
This unit offers a preview of our enhanced Key stage 2 Music curriculum for 2026–2027.
Please note: some audio recordings are currently in draft form and will be updated before September 2026.
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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Make connections between musical choices and shared feelings.
- Project their voices when they sing.
- Identify and explain harmony.
- Add rhythms to a bass line that build in energy.
- Add rhythms to the chord sequence and coordinate them with their group.
- Begin to use and respond to non-verbal cues.
- Maintain focus and demonstrate good stage awareness.
Suggested prior learning
Three-chord pop: Playing in a band
Get started
Teacher video: Four-chord pop unit overview
Lessons
Lesson 1: Celebration songs
Lesson 2: Singing in harmony
Lesson 3: Pop bass line
Lesson 4: Rhythmic chords
Lesson 5: Pop performance
Key skills
Listening and evaluating
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Key knowledge
Listening and evaluating
To know:
- The
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Key vocabulary
bass line (Y3)
chord (Y3)
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Tuned percussion instruments ×15
- Video recording devices
The equipment below is optional
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Keyboards, other tuned instruments (e.g. guitar, ukulele)
×30
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Music Y6 – Four-chord pop: Playing in a band
Aimed at pupils, one page giving key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Four-chord pop’.
Vocabulary display: Music Y6 – Four-chord pop: Playing in a band
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Four-chord pop: Playing in a band'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language.
British values: Mutual respect.
