Topic: Year 9 & Improvisation Duration 13-14 Weeks

Key vocabulary: Core knowledge questions Powerful knowledge crucial to commit to long term Links to previous and future topics memory 12-Bar Blues, Blues 45. What are the key features of blues music? • Learn about the history, origins and Links to chromatic Notes from year 8. Chord Sequence, 46. What are the main chords used in the 12-bar blues sequence? development of the Blues and its characteristic Links to Celtic Music from year 8 due to Improvisation 47. What other styles of music led to the development of blues 12-bar Blues structure exploring how a walking using improvisation. Links to form & Syncopation Blues music? bass line is developed from a chord structure from year 9 and Hooks & Riffs Scale Riffs 48. Can you explain the term improvisation and what does it mean progression. in year 9. Fills in blues music? • Explore the effect of adding a melodic Solos 49. Can you identify where the chords change in a 12-bar blues improvisation using the Blues scale and the Make links to music from other cultures Chords I, IV, V, sequence? effect which “swung”rhythms have as used in and traditions that use riff and ostinato- Blues Song Lyrics 50. Can you explain what is meant by ‘Singin the Blues’? and blues music. based structures, such as Songs 51. Why did music play an important part in the lives of the African • Explore Music as a type of jazz style and other styles of Jazz. Structures slaves? and examining how chords have been used Spirituals 52. What are the key features of Ragtime music? differently in a “vamp”style. This introduces learners to key concepts Ragtime 53. Which notes in the blues scale are flattened? • Pupils use and identify seventh chords and needed for GCSE music such as Popular Trad Jazz 54. How does the use of instruments change between traditional learn how these are formed and their Music, Vocal Music and Conventions of Flattened Notes and modern blues? characteristic sound used in jazz and blues Pop Music. Call and Response music.

Topic: Year 9 Blues & Improvisation Duration 13-14 Weeks

Key vocabulary: Core knowledge questions Powerful knowledge crucial to commit to long term Links to previous and future topics memory 12-Bar Blues, Blues 55. What are the key features of blues music? • Learn about the history, origins and Links to chromatic Notes from year 8. Chord Sequence, 56. What are the main chords used in the 12-bar blues sequence? development of the Blues and its characteristic Links to Celtic Music from year 8 due to Improvisation 57. What other styles of music led to the development of blues 12-bar Blues structure exploring how a walking using improvisation. Links to form & Syncopation Blues music? bass line is developed from a chord structure from year 9 and Hooks & Riffs Scale Riffs 58. Can you explain the term improvisation and what does it mean progression. in year 9. Fills in blues music? • Explore the effect of adding a melodic Solos 59. Can you identify where the chords change in a 12-bar blues improvisation using the Blues scale and the Make links to music from other cultures Chords I, IV, V, sequence? effect which “swung”rhythms have as used in and traditions that use riff and ostinato- Blues Song Lyrics 60. Can you explain what is meant by ‘Singin the Blues’? jazz and blues music. based structures, such as African Blues Songs 61. Why did music play an important part in the lives of the African • Explore Ragtime Music as a type of jazz style spirituals and other styles of Jazz. Structures slaves? and examining how chords have been used Spirituals 62. What are the key features of Ragtime music? differently in a “vamp”style. This introduces learners to key concepts Ragtime 63. Which notes in the blues scale are flattened? • Pupils use and identify seventh chords and needed for GCSE music such as Popular Trad Jazz 64. How does the use of instruments change between traditional learn how these are formed and their Music, Vocal Music and Conventions of Flattened Notes and modern blues? characteristic sound used in jazz and blues Pop Music. Call and Response music.