Music

Half-term 1: Building blocks

Half-term 2: Instruments of the Orchestra

Half-term 3: Machine Music

Half-term 4: Pitch and Put

Half-term 5: Gamelan

Half-term 6: 4 chord songs

A successful scholar after Year 7 will:

• Be confident in knowledge of the Western classical music tradition
• Have knowledge of the elements of music and see the importance their role in music
• Have a strong understanding of a variety of forms of notation and methods of scoring used in music
• Have sound knowledge of the timbre of instruments and the texture of sounds
• Be able to demonstrate knowledge of rhythm and repetition in music

Half-term 1: Progammme Music

Half-term 2: African Dancing

Half-term 3: Dance Music

Half-term 4: Reggae

Half-term 5: Hooks and Riffs

Half-term 6: Hooks and Riffs, Composition and Performance

A successful scholar after Year 8 will:

• Be able to analyse the structure of music when studying call and response work, cyclic rhythms, dance music, ostinato and hooks
• Be able to create, structure and perform a piece of their own music using repeated hooks and riffs found in popular music

Half-terms 1 and 2: The Blues

Half-terms 3 and 4: Film Music

Half-term 5: Stomp

Half-term 6: Stomp, Composition and Performance

A successful scholar after Year 9 will:

• Be able to demonstrate and articulate knowledge of 12 bar blues, walking bass lines, blue scales, chords and triads