| Year | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (9 week rotation) | Musical Elements - Creative composition: - Exploring how the elements work - Using voices/percussion and keyboards Drumming around the world - African and South American Musical traditions - Using real instruments from Africa and Brazil - Ensemble playing Keyboard Skills - Basic knowledge of how the keyboard works: - Reading Music notation - Playing melodies and chords - Ensemble Skills | Introduction to Musecore -The basics of Musical language - Inputting and creating music using notation software Ukulele - Learning chords - Ensemble playing - Song structures | Find your Voice - Creating vocal sounds - Exploring Harmony Music in Adverts - Sequencing - Working with sound effects - Motif - Jingles - Using loops |
| Year 8 (9 week rotation) | Remixing/arranging - Sequencing - Importing MIDI - Arranging Ukulele/Guitars - Learning chords - Ensemble playing - Song structures | Ensemble Project - Learning a four chord song - Playing together - Performing Blues - Using notation - Playing chords - Arranging for instruments | Songwriting - Writing lyrics - Creating chord patterns and drum beats Find your voice - Creating vocal sounds - Exploring Harmony |
| Year 9 (2 x 9 week rotations) | Rotation 1 - Film Music: Character Motifs - Leit motifs - Exploring instruments Live Lounge project - Band project: - Playing a song in groups - Performing together Rotation 2 - Minimalism: - Exploring the style of minimalism - Composition Songwriting - Writing lyrics: - Creating chord patterns and drum beats |
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| Year 10 | Musical forms and devices - Musical structures - Musical devices used in composition - Set work analysis Badinerie - by Bach Popular Music - Rock and pop styles - Chord progressions and harmony - Set work analysis Africa - by Toto | Music for Ensemble - Focus on different types of small ensemble - Musical textures 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 |
| Year 11 | Revisit Musical forms and Popular Music Compositions | Solo and Ensemble performances Composition | Revisit Film Music |
Click here for the 2017 – 19 Music GCSE specification
