Click here to access the Music Learning Journey for Year 7 – 13
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 | Let’s Sing Together: - Creating vocal sounds - Exploring Harmony - Beatboxing - Layering Keyboard Skills: Basic knowledge of how the keyboard works - Reading Music notation - Playing melodies and chords - Ensemble Skills | Ukulele: - Learning chords - Ensemble playing - Song structures Let’s Play Together: - Chord Diagrams - Primary chords - Ensemble Skills - Layering Learning how different parts fit together | Polyrhythms: - Samba - Improvisation - Call and Response - Carnival - Syncopation 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 |
Year 8 | Musical Theatre: - Singing Together - Ensemble Performance - Exploring harmony - Characterisation - Story Telling - Singing Melodies All about the Bass: - Bass Clef Reading - Tab Reading - Bassline Patterns/Riffs -Bass Clef Instruments | Exploring Improvisation: - Using notation - Singing traditional Blues songs - Playing chords - Arranging for instruments - Using Music Technology - 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 |