KS3 Music – Units studied this year.
Year 7
Unit 1: Introduction to Music.
Unit 2: Performance 1 – Learning the notes on the Keyboard/Singing.
Unit 3: Composing a simple song.
Unit 4: The Historical Periods and Instruments.
Unit 5: Music for Screen and Stage.
Unit 6: Performance 2 – Music selected from Library by students.
Year 8
Unit 1: Revision – recap of Year 7 with Baseline Assessment
Unit 2: Performance 3 – My Heart Will Go On.
Unit 3: Composing Answering Phrases.
Unit 4: Composing using Primary Chords.
Unit 5: Using the Pentatonic Scale.
Unit 6: Performance 4 – Music selected from Library by students.
Year 9
Unit 1: Revision – recap of Year 7 & 8 with Baseline Assessment
Unit 2: Performance 5 – Easy Blues (Solo & Ensemble) Improvisation.
Unit 3: Composing a blues composition – Revisit of Primary Chords.
Unit 4: History of POP
Unit 5: Minor Chords – 2nd, 3rd & 6th.
Unit 6: Composing in a “Pop Style” – includes Verse & Chorus and Modulation.
