Year 2 – Computing

This term we have been working on making music using Chrome Music Lab.

The children explored how music made them feel by listening to Gustav Holst’s The Planets and describing the pitch, tempo and dynamics of various pieces. 

They then moved on to creating patterns and using those patterns as rhythms. They used untuned percussion instruments on the computers to hear the different rhythm patterns that they created and they clapped out those rhythms at the same time.

Building on this, their next task was to experiment with the pitch and duration of notes to create their own piece of music, which they then associated with familiar sounds.

A final challenge was to create a piece of music using only 3 notes and to explore pitch and tempo.

What The Student Says

"It made me feel tired because it was very low." "The tempo was slow, then fast." "The pitch goes high, then low." “It sounds like tip-toes!” “My sound is a jungle!” “Ours is a giraffe!”

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

  • explored how music makes them feel.

  • identified and created rhythms and patterns in music using computers.

  • connected images and sounds.

  • used a computer to experiment with pitch and tempo.

  • created music for a purpose using a computer.

What the Teacher says

“This was a lovely computing unit to teach – combining digital content and music.  The children are increasingly adept at logging onto the computers and ipads and finding the right programmes.  Their descriptions of their emotions were brilliant and their subsequent pieces of music were a delight to listen to.  They were able to evoke the same feelings in others by experimenting with tempo and pitch. The children loved sharing their completed compositions – many of us couldn’t help but move to the rhythms and sounds!” Mrs Stirk and Mrs Jones

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