Year Group: 7 Subject: Music Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Topic Elements of Music Recorder Players Polyrhythms / Introduction to Ukulele Starters Ukulele STOMP! Sibelius Performers Summary of Building blocks of music: Pitch, How to hold a recorder and where Introduction to rhythmic layering Sibelius skills workbook in How to hold a ukulele, names Chords Dm, G7, Bb, D, E7 Pulse, Melody, Rhythm, the notes are pairs on the iMacs of strings and strumming Content Harmony, Tonality, Structure, technique Revision of note lengths from Perform a harder song as a Dynamics, Tempo, Articulation, Simple 3 note melodies reading semiquavers up to semibreves Applying stave notation class and then in small Texture stave notation leading to 5 note and using dots knowledge to transcribe a well How to read chord symbols groups and octave melodies in unison and known piece of music Introduction to Music Theory then in two part harmony Group and class improvising Chords C Am F G Research and choose a song using instruments and scat Paired composition using of own choice to perform in a ‘junk’ Keyboard Skills Using two hands and learning Bb singing Sibelius small group Perform a well known 4 chord and F# song as a class Singing African drumming listening Group and solo performing and appraising Instruments of the Orchestra Graphic scores group compositions using percussion and junk instruments Assessment Continuous informal Continuous informal Continuous informal Continuous informal Continuous Continuous assessment assessment assessment assessment informal informal Listening baseline test Theory prep Theory prep Theory prep assessment assessment Singing and keyboard Group and solo African listening test Joint composition Theory prep Theory prep performances with performances at end of Group composition and Group performance solo opportunities term performance Theory written Theory prep paper in trials Group composition
Year Group: 7 Subject: Music Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Topic Elements of Music Recorder Players Polyrhythms / STOMP! Introduction to Sibelius Ukulele Starters Ukulele Performers Summary of Content Building blocks of music: Pitch, Pulse, Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Tonality, Structure, Dynamics, Tempo, Articulation, Texture Introduction to Music Theory Keyboard Skills Singing Instruments of the Orchestra How to hold a recorder and where the notes are Simple 3 note melodies reading stave notation leading to 5 note and octave melodies in unison and then in two part harmony Using two hands and learning Bb and F# Group and solo performing and appraising Introduction to rhythmic layering Revision of note lengths from semiquavers up to semibreves and using dots Group and class improvising using ‘junk’ instruments and scat singing African drumming listening Graphic scores group compositions using percussion and junk instruments Sibelius skills workbook in pairs on the iMacs Applying stave notation knowledge to transcribe a well known piece of music Paired composition using Sibelius How to hold a ukulele, names of strings and strumming technique How to read chord symbols Chords C Am F G Perform a well known 4 chord song as a class Chords Dm, G7, Bb, D, E7 Perform a harder song as a class and then in small groups Research and choose a song of own choice to perform in a small group Assessment Continuous informal assessment Listening baseline test Singing and keyboard performances with solo opportunities Theory prep Group composition Continuous informal assessment Theory prep Group and solo performances at end of term Continuous informal assessment Theory prep African listening test Group composition and performance Continuous informal assessment Theory prep Joint composition Continuous informal assessment Theory prep Continuous informal assessment Theory prep Group performance Theory written paper in trials
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