--- title: "Music" url: "https://www.st-wilfrids.org/curriculum/subjects/music" school: "St. Wilfrid's R.C. College, South Shields" --- # Music ![Art & Photography banner](https://www.st-wilfrids.org/images/gallery/curriculum-image/250623St_Wilfrid_RC_School___365-2.jpg) # Music Curriculum Empowering pupils through a broad and balanced music curriculum. ![Art and Photography](https://www.st-wilfrids.org/images/lo.png) ## Why study Music? ### What Music develops - Music provides a unique outlet for creativity, allowing individuals to express themselves in ways words often cannot. - Music connects you to diverse cultures and traditions. - Learning an instrument or how to sing is a skill you can take with you and continue to enjoy in adulthood. ### Student voice “Music is like a portal into another dimension, unique and different for everyone. I think it really helps bring you out of your shell. If you’re shy then singing in Year 7 will help with your confidence. If you want to be a composer then film music in Year 8 will be your thing. If you like a bit of country music then you’ll enjoy the Blues topic in Year 9. Whatever you want to do, music throughout school will aid you” - KS3 Music (Y7–9) - KS4 Music - Key Stage 3 Music– Cycle Overview Cycle 1 #### Year 7 – Singing and the Musical Elements #### Knowledge focus The musical elements: dynamics and tempo. Identifying different note values. #### Key skills - Compose and perform simple rhythms using notation. - Singing while controlling pitch and rhythm. #### Assessment - Building on whole class singing at KS2. - Singing assessment - Listening assessment #### Key Vocabulary **Dynamics** - Forte - Piano - Crescendo - Diminuendo **Tempo** - Largo - Andante - Allegro - Presto - Accelerando - Rallentando **Rhythm** - Pulse - Semibreve - Minim - Crotchet - Quaver **Pitch** - Barline - Time signature. #### Year 8 – Classical Music #### Knowledge focus - How the orchestra has changed from the Baroque to Romantic period. - Melodic features used in the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods. - Texture in music #### Key skills - Performing hands together on the keyboard. - Read treble clef notation - Identify a range of musical features in different music. #### Assessment - Keyboard performing assessment - Listening assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Melodic contour - Triadic - Scalic - Chromatic - Treble clef - Stave - Texture monophonic - Homophonic/melody and accompaniment - Polyphonic - Dynamics - Forte - Piano - Mezzo forte - Mezzo piano - Fortissimo - Pianissimo - Crescendo - Decrescendo - Orchestra - Harpsichord - Strings - Woodwind #### Year 9 – Blues Music #### Knowledge focus - The historical context of Blues music. - Key features of Blues music including the Blues scale, 12 bar Blues chord sequence, typical instrumentation and walking basslines. #### Key skills - Performing the 12 bar Blues and Blues scale hands together on the keyboard. - Improvising using the Blues scale. - Performing a walking bassline with the 12 bar Blues chord sequence. #### Assessment - Keyboard performing assessment - Listening assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Blues - Blues Scale - 12 bar blues - Chord - Tonic - Subdominant - Dominant - Improvise - Walking Bass - AAB lyrics - Melody - Harmony - Homophonic - Call and Response - Swung Rhythm - Syncopation Cycle 2 #### Year 7 – The Orchestra and Keyboard Skills #### Knowledge focus - The western Classical orchestra - Instrumental playing techniques - Treble clef notation - Describe melodies. #### Key skills - Identifying instruments by sight and ear. - Perform melodies using the five finger technique with the right hand on the keyboard. - Play given rhythms accurately on the keyboard. - Compose a short melody. #### Assessment - Keyboard performing assessment - Listening Assessment #### Key Vocabulary **Orchestra** - Strings - Woodwind - Brass - Percussion **Playing techniques** - Arco - Pizzicato - Tremolo - Con sordino **Articulation** - Legato - Staccato - Accent **Melody** - Ascending - Descending - Stepwise - Leap **Notation** - Treble clef - Stave #### Year 8 – Film Music #### Knowledge focus - How the musical elements are manipulated to create mood and character in film music. - How underscore and soundtracks are used in film. - Leitmotifs . #### Key skills - Performing hands together on the keyboard. - Read bass clef notation - Identify a range of musical features in different film music. - Composing a leitmotif #### Assessment - Keyboard performing assessment - Listening Assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Leitmotif - Film score - Sound track - Under score - Sound effect - Tonality - Major - Minor **Dynamics** - Forte - Piano - Instrumentation - Strings - Brass - Woodwind - Percussion - Bass clef #### Year 9 – Riff and Basslines #### Knowledge focus The features and function of riffs, basslines and chord sequences in pop music. #### Key skills - Performing syncopated basslines on the keyboard alongside a chord sequence. - Performing more complex chord sequences on the ukulele. - Composing chord sequences and riffs. #### Assessment - Keyboard performing assessment - Listening Assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Bassline - Bass clef - Treble clef - Riff - Melody - Accompaniment - Conjunct - Disjunct - Range - Chord - Sequence - Genre - Sub-genre - Guitar - Keyboard - Drum kit - Vocals - Synthesizer - Homophonic - Verse - Chorus. Cycle 3 #### Year 7 – Ukulele #### Knowledge focus - Popular song structure - Major and minor tonality - Chord sequences - Ukulele chord charts and TAB #### Key skills - Developing listening skills – identifying how different musical elements are used in music - Performing chord sequences and melodies on the ukulele - Composing chord sequences #### Assessment - Ukulele performing assessment - Listening assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Popular song form - Verse - Chorus - Intro - Outro **Tonality** - Major - Minor - Harmony - Chords - Strumming pattern - Ukulele chord charts - TAB. #### Year 8 – Pop Music #### Knowledge focus - Typical features of pop songs - Melodic shape - Chord sequences - Ukulele chord charts and TAB . #### Key skills - Developing listening skills – identifying how different musical elements are used pop music from 1960 to the present day. - Performing chord sequences and melodies on the ukulele - Composing melodies. #### Assessment - Ukulele performing assessment - Listening assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Genre - Sub Genre - Guitar - Keyboard - Drum Kit - Vocals - Synthesizer - Verse - Chorus - Riff - Bassline - Chord Sequence - Conjunct - Disjunct - Repetition - Range - Tonality - Major - Minor - Ukulele - Chord - TAB #### Year 9 – Fusion Music #### Knowledge focus - How fusion music is created. - Features of Afrobeat, Reggae, Bhangra. - Complex vocabulary for rhythm, texture and harmony. #### Key skills - Performing melodies and chords on the ukulele. - Performing syncopated melodies and off beat chords on the keyboard. - Performing complex rhythms on percussion. - Developing listening skills – identifying how different musical elements are used in a variety of different pieces of fusion music. #### Assessment - Ukulele and keyboard performing assessments - Listening assessment #### Key Vocabulary - Fusion - Syncopation - Ostinato - Swung - Monophonic - Polyphonic - Homophonic - Call and response - Pentatonic - Diatonic - Djembe Key Stage 4 Music – GCSE Eduqas Cycle 1 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus - Melodic Features - Rhythmic features - The foundations of composing a melody. - Notation #### Key skills - Performing on chosen instrument - Composing a melody - Identifying melodic and rhythmic features in a wide variety of musical styles. - Developing ideas through critical thinking and artist research #### Assessment - 2 x performing assessment - 2 x Listening and appraising assessment - Composition exercise #### Key vocabulary **Melody** - Anacrusis - Conjunct/disjunct - Scalic/arpeggio - Sequence - Imitation - Repetition - Range - Pitch - Leitmotif - Chromatic movement - Pentatonic - Blues notes - Intervals (including semitone and microtone) - Ornamentation - Decoration - Trill - Counter melody - Answering phrase - Thematic - Fanfare **Rhythm/Metre** - Semibreve - Minim - Crotchet - Quaver - Semiquaver - Dotted - Syncopation - Swung rhythm - Off/on beat - Triplet - Rests - Driving/dance/rock rhythm - Regular - Irregular - Accent - Simple - Compound - Duple, triple, quadruple time - 2/4, 3/4 ,4/4, 6/8 **Tempo** - Allegro - Vivace - Allegretto - Moderato - Andante - Adagio - Lento - Accelerando - Ritardando - Rallentando - Rubato #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus - Set work: Africa by Toto - Consolidating knowledge of all the musical features learned in Year 10. #### Key skills - Identifying a wide range of musical features in different musical examples. - Analyse Africa by Toto - Completing composition coursework: Free composition. - Performing on chosen instrument both a solo piece and ensemble piece for coursework submission. #### Assessment - 2 x performing assessment - Prelim: Listening and appraising assessment - Coursework: Free Composition #### Key Vocabulary All vocabulary for all the musical elements that was introduced in Year 10 including: - Melody - Tonality - Harmony - Form and structure - Texture - Tempo - Rhythm - Metre - Dynamic - Musical styles and sonority. Cycle 2 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus - Harmonic features - Different musical structures. - Western Classical music - The foundations of composing diatonic harmony. #### Key skills - Performing on chosen instrument - Composing a chord sequence. - Identifying harmonic and structural features in a wide variety of musical styles. #### Assessment - 2 x performing assessment - 2 x Listening and appraising assessment - Composition exercise #### Key Vocabulary - **Tonality**: Major, minor, modulation, dominant, relative, pentatonic, atonal - **Harmony**: Primary Chord, Secondary Chords Inversion, Diatonic, Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant, Dominant 7th, Perfect/Imperfect/Plagal/Interrupted Cadence, Chord progression/sequence, Harmonic rhythm, drone, pedal, dissonance, power chords - **Structure**: Phrasing, Binary, Ternary, Rondo, Minuet and Trio, Repetition, Contrast, Theme and Variation, Strophic, 32 bar song (AABA), 12 bar blues, Call and Response, Ostinato, Bridge, Break, Loop, Improvisation, Verse, Chorus, Middle 8, FIll, Intro, Outro, Coda, Riff - **Style**: Western Classical Tradition, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Chamber Music, Jazz, Blues, Musical Theatre, Film, Rock, Soul, Hip-hop, Reggae, Ballad, Pop, Bhangra, Fusion #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus - Consolidating knowledge of all the musical features learned in Year 10. #### Key skills - Identifying a wide range of musical features in different musical examples. - Completing composition coursework: Composition to a brief - Performing on chosen instrument both a solo piece and ensemble piece for coursework submission. #### Assessment - 2 x Final recording of both solo and ensemble performances for submission to Eduqas. - Prelim: Listening and appraising assessment - 2x Completion of both compositions for submission to Eduqas. #### Key Vocabulary All vocabulary for all the musical elements that was introduced in Year 10 including: melody, tonality, harmony, form and structure, texture, tempo, rhythm, metre, dynamic, musical styles and sonority. Cycle 3 #### Year 10 #### Knowledge focus - Different textures, sonority and dynamics used in music. - Study set work: Badinerie Suite No.2 by J S Bach - Further compositional techniques. #### Key skills - Performing on chosen instrument - Coursework: Create own composition as part of final coursework submission. - Identifying different textures, sonority and dynamics used in a wide variety of musical styles. - Analyse Badinerie Suite No.2 by J. S Bach #### Assessment - 2 x performing assessment - 2 x Listening and appraising assessment - Coursework: Free composition #### Key Vocabulary - **Texture**: Monophonic, Homophonic, Polyphonic, Unison, Chordal, Imitation, Melody and Accompaniment, Countermelody, Descant, Round, Canon, Drone, Alberti Bass, Stab Chords, Walking Bass - **Sonority**: Instruments, Technology, Articulation, Techniques - **Dynamics**: All dynamic markings from Pianissimo to Fortissimo, Crescendo, Diminuendo, Sforzando #### Year 11 #### Knowledge focus - Consolidating knowledge of all the musical features learned in Year 10. #### Key skills - Identifying a wide range of musical features in different musical examples in preparation for final listening and appraising exam. #### Assessment - Final Listening and appraising exam. #### Key Vocabulary All vocabulary for all the musical elements that was introduced in Year 10 including melody, tonality, harmony, form and structure, texture, tempo, rhythm, metre, dynamic, musical styles and sonority. **[For Key Stage 5 Curriculum information please click link here to our Sixth Form Curriculum](https://st-wilfrid-s-rc-college-south-shields.schudio.com/sixth-form)** ![St. Wilfrid's R.C. 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