Concepts and Skills to cover
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Broadening listening skills
Broadening Horizons
Appreciation of lots of different types of music
Cross-curricular
Music in other contexts
Various forms of notation – graphic, Tab etc
Future of Music, how will we consume
Using Music Tech to compose
Keyboard skills
How to build chords
Ukulele skills
Ensemble/ mini projects
Tonality
Understanding structure in music
Understanding popular music history
KS3 Curriculum Plan
Year 7
Autumn 1
Autumn2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Year 8
Autumn
Spring
Year 9
Practical
Inter-House Competition
and Basic keyboard, melody
and chords
Samba and Boom whackers
Instruments of the orchestra
and Kalimba
Hooks and Riffs Keyboard
Skills
Protest Music
Summer
Classical music, Keyboard
skills,
Reggae
Autumn
Film Music
Spring
Musical Theatre
Summer
Musical
Arrangement/Ensemble
Skills
Ensemble, Elements of
Pitch, Structure, Keyboard
Tech
Inter-House Competition
Skills
Ensemble, Elements of
Pitch, Structure, Keyboard
Rhythm, Appreciation ,
Ensemble, Pitch
Broadening of listening,
appreciation, performance,
elements
Notation, keyboard skills,
pop music
Music history, instrumental
skills, chords, lyrics.
How to use Logic, pop song
loops
Classical Remix
Tech skills, structure,
tonality, tempo, texture
Appreciation, tech skills,
structure,
Hooks and Riffs Keyboard
Skills
Blues
Structure, keyboard skills
music appreciation.
Structure, rhythm, chords,
singing
Elements of music,
leitmotifs,
Ensemble, singing,
appreciation, instrument
skills, broadening listening,
notation
Understanding pop,
structure, ensemble skills,
instrument skills,
Rap Music, Periods of
Music, Horrible Histories
IV chord songs and boom
whackers
Adverts
Notation, keyboard skills,
pop music
Pop music history, chords,
appreciation, structure,
improvisation
Structure, cross curricular,
tech skills
Tonality, appreciation, chord
building
Future of music, tonality,
cross curricular,
Music for the future, tech
skills, tonality, comp skills,
Music for Games
Podcasts
Appreciation of wider world,
structure, tech skills, cross
curricular
Year 10 Student Voice (collected 2nd July 2021);
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More singing
More musical diversity
Performing skills
National anthems
Different instruments
More types of world music (wider range)
Instruments e.g. brass, playing them learning about them etc
Drums
Reggae/blues
Group band activities/learning
Music theory
Wide range of music genres
Composing own pieces will be useful for gcse
Learning to read music
More singing
Ukulele
Music tech
Different types of instruments
Reading music/theory
More peri lessons
Music tech – logic pro
Jazz
Funk
Rap
Singing activities
Group work
Hip hop
How to use music tech software in more detail to make it easier for creating compositions