| In Years 7 and 8 students receive one lesson of Music per week. In Year 9 students can opt to take Music as part of the creative arts options. |
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| Year | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
| Year 7 | MAD T SHIRT -Exploring the elements of music - Singing together - Baseline assessment Keyboard Skills Basic knowledge of how the keyboard works - Reading Music notation - Playing melodies and chords - Ensemble Skills | Let’s Play Together: -Learning chords on the ukulele - Ensemble playing - Chord Diagrams - Primary chords - Playing and singing together - Layering Learning how different parts fit together | Bandlab-Musical Structures: - Introduction to Band Lab - Exploring different structures - Exploring textures - Composing Chord Patterns and melodies - Composition with loops in different styles of Music Polyrhythms: - Samba - Improvisation - Call and Response - Carnival - Syncopation |
| Year 8 | Reggae - Keyboard skills - Ensemble Skills - Playing to a backing track - Composing a Reggae track - Exploring music from the Caribbean | Exploring Improvisation: - Using notation - Singing traditional Blues songs - Playing chords - Arranging for instruments - Ensemble Performance - Using scales to improvise melodies | Motifs and Film Music: - Character Motifs - Leit motifs - Exploring instruments - Composing for characters and film scenes - Performing well known film motifs - Keyboard skills |
| Year 9 (Rotations) | Rotation 1 Live Lounge project - Band project - Whole song class project - Instrumental skills- Guitar/keyboards/bass/ukulele/drums - Ensemble Performance Minimalism - Composing with motifs - Analysing music - Keyboard skills - Performing minimalist pieces - Music Technology Skills Rotation 2 Songwriting- Protest Songs - Song analysis- John Lennon’s Imagine - Songwriting- Chords, melody, riffs, basslines, lyrics - Song Structures - Music Technology skills- MIDI and audio recording |
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| Year 10 | Musical forms and devices: - Musical structures - Musical devices used in composition - The history of classical music Popular Music: - Rock and pop styles - Chord progressions and harmony - Set work analysis Africa, by Toto | Set work- Africa Toto: Analysis using DR SMITH - Whole class performance - Exam questions Film Music: - Sonority, contrast - Through composed structures - Relationship between story and music | Free composition project: - Free choice of composition based on skills learn throughout the year - Creating a brief - Creating and developing musical ideas Set Work- Badinerie Bach: - Analysis using DR SMITH - Whole class performance - Exam questions - Extended writing |
| Year 11 | Music for Ensemble: - Focus on different types of small ensemble - Musical textures - Different sonorities - Chamber Music - Ensembles in Musical Theatre and Jazz/Blues Solo Performance Recording: - Performance technique - Expression and communication Composition to a Brief: - Choosing a brief - Creating and developing musical ideas | Composition to a Brief: - Choosing a brief - Creating and developing musical ideas Ensemble Performance Recording: - Performance technique - Expression and communication - Communication and working together | Revisit and Revise |
