Music
KS3
AIMS
All pupils will:
- perform, listen to, review and evaluate music across a range of historical periods, genres, styles and traditions, including the works of the great composers and musicians
- learn to sing and to use their voices, to create and compose music on their own and with others, have the opportunity to learn a musical instrument, use technology appropriately and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of musical excellence
- understand and explore how music is created, produced and communicated, including through the inter-related dimensions: pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture, structure and appropriate musical notations
SUBJECT CONTENT
Students will be taught to:
- play and perform confidently in a range of solo and ensemble contexts using their voice, playing instruments musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression
- improvise and compose; and extend and develop musical ideas by drawing on a range of musical structures, styles, genres and traditions
- use staff and other relevant notations appropriately and accurately in a range of musical styles, genres and traditions
- identify and use the inter-related dimensions of music expressively and with increasing sophistication, including use of tonalities, different types of scales and other musical devices
- listen with increasing discrimination to a wide range of music from great composers and musicians
- develop a deepening understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
Year 7 |
Year 7 Concert |
Rhythm, Pulse and Ostinato (Rhythm & Metre) |
African Drumming (Rhythm & Metre/Texture) |
Pitch & Keyboard (Notation, Pitch & Melody) |
Music Technology (Dynamics, structure & Timbre) |
Programme Music (Instrumentation/ Harmony & Tonality) |
Year 8 |
Reggae |
12 Bar Blues/Jazz |
Musicals (Year 8 Concert) |
Samba |
Music for Film |
Theme/ |
Year 9 |
Performance/History of Music /Music Theory |
Songwriting/Composition/ |
Final Project/Music Theory |
KS4
Board
EdExcel
Outline of the Course
- Made up of musical performance, composition and listening.
- Performing is worth 30% and students have to perform at least two pieces, one of which must be part of an ensemble, and the minimum time for both pieces must be at least 4 minutes. Grade 4 equivalent difficultly is the aim by the end of year 11 for top marks.
- Composing is worth 30% and students need to compose at least two pieces, one must be in response to a brief set by the awarding organisation and one must be a piece of free composition, the minimum time for both pieces must be at least 3 minutes.
- Appraising is worth 40% looking at musical theory through set works including: Defying Gravity, Star Wars main theme, Killer Queen, a Beethoven sonata and more!
Assessment
Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
|
1 |
Performing |
2 performances Solo – minimum 1 piece – minimum 1 minute Ensemble – minimum 1 piece – minimum 1 minute Together total minimum of 4 minutes across the solo and ensemble pieces |
30% |
2 |
Composing |
2 compositions 1 to set brief – minimum 1 minute 1 free composition – minimum 1 minute Together total minimum of 3 minutes |
30% |
3 |
Appraising |
Exam: 1 hour 45minutes |
40% |