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Composing Music With Year 6

Year 6 have been using the app Garageband to start composing their own songs. To do this, they’ve been choosing a drum loop and recording a chord sequence. They’re very much looking forward to completing these next week!

Year 6 have been using the app Garageband to start composing their own songs. To do this, they’ve been choosing a drum loop and recording a chord sequence. They’re very much looking forward to completing these next week!

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