Curriculum Map Year 13 Music Technology A Level Component 3 Listening and Analysing (25% Overall Mark - Examination) The Sound of Popular Music / Musical Genres

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Autumn 1 What is the Commercial Pop Listening and appraising style Students are to create a The History history of Dates? examination questions logbook of wider listening of popular Popular Instrumentation? ‘Commercial Pop’ at the end of focussing on the following Music / music? Influences? the project/ area of study. artists: Stock, Aitken and Genres. Artists? Waterman, Sandie Shaw, Week 1 Stock, Aitken and Waterman, Sandie Lulu, Cilla Black, Madonna, Shaw, Lulu, Cilla Black, Madonna, Bananarama, Kylie Minogue, Commerci Bananarama, Kylie Minogue, Girls Girls Aloud, One Direction, al Pop Aloud, One Direction, Little Mix. Little Mix. Week 2 The log book is in the form of an electronic document where students select an important / architype work for each of the suggested wider listening artists and answer questions on a fixed model relating to: instrumentation/ music technology used/ formats Urban and Hip Hop released on / musical Week 3 Dates? Listening and appraising style elements involved. Instrumentation? examination questions ‘Urban and Influences? Hip Hop’ at the end of the project/ Urban and Artists? area of study. Students are to create a Hip Hop DJ Kool Herc, Sugarhill Gang, LL Cool logbook of wider listening Week 4 J, Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, The focussing on the following Beastie Boys, Coolio, Kanye West, artists: DJ Kool Herc, Beyoncé, Dizzee Rascal, Craig David, Sugarhill Gang, LL Cool J, Drake, The Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna Grandmaster Flash, Run- and Stormzy. DMC, The Beastie Boys, Coolio, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Dizzee Rascal, Week 5 Electronic Dance Music Craig David, Drake, The House and Garage , Trance, Listening and appraising style Black Eyed Peas, Rihanna Jungle and Drum & Bass, examination questions ‘Electronic and Stormzy. Chillout, Ambient and Trip Hop Dance Music’ at the end of the and Dubstep project/ area of study. Artists? Week 6 Frankie Knuckles, MARRS, Coldcut, Students are to create a Bomb the Bass, S-Express, Aphex logbook of wider listening Twin, The Orb, The KLF, Robert Miles, focussing on the following FatBoy Slim artists: Frankie Knuckles, MARRS, Coldcut, Bomb the Bass, S-Express, Aphex Twin, The Orb, The KLF, Robert Miles, FatBoy Slim.

Autumn 2 Week 7 Electronic Dance Music Listening and appraising style Students are to create a House and Garage , Trance, examination questions ‘Electronic logbook of wider listening Jungle and Drum & Bass, Dance Music’ at the end of the focussing on the following Chillout, Ambient and Trip Hop project/ area of study. artists: Moby, The Prodigy, Week 8 and Dubstep The Chemical Brothers, Daft Artists? Punk, Tiesto, David Guetta, Moby, The Prodigy, The Chemical Calvin Harris, Avicii, Swedish Brothers, Daft Punk, Tiesto, David House Mafia, The Guetta, Calvin Harris, Avicii, Swedish Chainsmokers and House Mafia, The Chainsmokers and Disclosure. Disclosure. Week 9 Listening and appraising style What is Game music? examination questions ‘Game Students are to create a Week 10 Dates? Music’ at the end of the project/ logbook of wider listening Instrumentation? area of study. focussing on the following Influences? artists: Tomohiro Nishikado, Artists? Nobuo Uematsu, Martin Tomohiro Nishikado, Nobuo Uematsu, O’Donnell, Tommy Tallerico Martin O’Donnell, Tommy Tallerico and Jeremy Soule and Jeremy Soule Week 11

Listening and appraising style Students are to create a What is Music for Film? examination questions ‘Film logbook of wider listening Week 12 Dates? Music’ at the end of the project/ focussing on the following Instrumentation? area of study. artists: Vangelis, John Influences? Williams, James Horner, Artists? Hans Zimmer and Daft Punk. Vangelis, John Williams, James Week 13 Horner, Hans Zimmer and Daft Punk.

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