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Knowing the elements of music.

Solo singing techniques and performance.

Review your own and peers performance work.

Singing popular and traditional Christmas music.

“Without music, life would be a mistake” - Friedrich Nietzsche

Music Learning Journey

7YEAR

Ensemble singing skills.

Rehearsal conduct and etiquette.

Learning how to follow a score in ensemble singing

Knowing and recognising the 4 types of voice in a choir

Singing in harmony.

Playing simple melodies on a keyboard.

Reading music in the treble and bass clef.

Recognising basic key signatures.

Playing keyboard with both hands together.

Know the definition of musical theatre and why it is so popular.

Know the different styles, genres and key features of musical theatre

Recognise basic acting techniques to apply to dialogue and songs.

Practically explore singing techniques for solo and group numbers.

Sing West African a cappella as a class ensemble

Play and compose African polyrhythms

Describe the contextual influences on African music.

Learn how to play the Djembe using a variety of techniques.

Sing Christmas music in other languages.

Follow music to read and sing carols.

Know the importance of Christmas music and why its sung.

Perform as an ensemble following a conductor.

Learn about Christmas markets

Know about the key features of rap music.

Write the lyrics to a verse of rap.

Sing the chorus of a famous rap song to perform the whole piece.

Evaluate other people’s lyrics and performance.

Know about covers and the Radio 1 Live Lounge

Know the key features of pop music

Write and perform a cover using vocals, keyboards/guitars and percussion.

Know and use popular vocal techniques.

Understand form, structure and phrasing in classical music.

Be able to play simple classical melodies and accompaniment.

Know different ways to vary a melody.

Know the different ways to vary an accompaniment.

Compose your own variations on a theme.

Understand how technology is used in music.

Know the key musical features of each period of music.

Name the great composers from each era and recognise their music aurally.

Know how the orchestra has developed.

11YEAR

Recognise musical devices.

Explore musical vocabulary for each element of music.

Recognise musical forms and structure.

Aurally identify different musical structures.

Detailed analysis of musical devices used in film music.

Develop long answer skills to justify, challenge and make creative decisions about film music.

Understand the use of time signatures, beaming and dotted rhythms.

Construction of major and minor scales and key intervals up to an octave.

Triads, broken chords and arpeggios inc. chords written as symbols and Roman Numerals.

Compose a 32 bar piece of music that explores musical devices and key aspects of music theory.

Musical forms and devices through the Baroque, Classical and Romantic era.

Timbre of orchestral instruments and their purpose in pieces of music.

Relationship between melody and accompaniment

Case Study: Badiniere - Bach

Features and structure of the Baroque Suite.

Case Study: Africa - Toto

Bhangra music and its musical features.

Musical features of rock/pop music in the 1980s.

Writing and developing melodies.

Harmony in composition. How to harmonise a melody and develop an accompaniment.

Structuring a piece of music into 8 bar sections.

Using effective cadences at cadence points.

Developing stylistic features of compositions.

Write a log of your composition process.

Small ensembles such as string quartets in classical music.

Musical theatre and using music for story and character.

Jazz music; different styles musical features and history.

10 mark questions and essay style answers.

Explain what this piece of music is describing…

What musical devices would you use to describe…

Rhythmic dictation; being able to notate rhythms by ear.

1, 2, 3, 4…

Melodic dictation; being able to notate pitch by ear.

Recognise the four families of instruments and their purpose in orchestral music.

Aurally recognise the instruments of the orchestra.

Describe the musical features of orchestral music.

Describe the role of a conductor in the orchestra.

Talk about how and why music is used in films.

Discuss the creative decisions of film composers

Describe leitmotifs and how they describe their subject.

Know the history of blues music and key musical features.

To know how to play a 12 twelve bar blues pattern and blues scale.

Know about the development of jazz music and key features of styles of Jazz

Sing and perform jazz inspired music in the correct style.

Compose short leitmotif for famous characters

Know the eras of music, dates and key composers.

Know and use different sound production techniques.

Be able to use GarageBand to create a piece of music.

Use technology to develop musical skills (Focus on Sound)

Key musical features of popular music. Writing and playing popular chord progressions.