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