Music Curriculum

MUSIC BIG IDEAS 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Play and perform BACH TO THE FUTURE AOS – RHYTHMS OF JUNK PERCUSSION INDIAN MUSIC AOS – RHYTHMS OF THE (REMIXING) THE WORLD FUSIONS in solo and Indian Classical music WORLD Changing textures Debussy - Estampes ensemble Tocatta and Fugue in India India Layering rhythms Raga and melody Dmin (looking at rhythm Familia Valera Miranda - contexts, using Central and South Central and South Caña Quema Cuban beats Bhangra and and melody) Fusions America America Anoushka Shankar - voice and playing Bollywood – fusion of Orchestra v organ Eastern Mediterranean Breathing Under Water musical instruments raga and pulse (timbre) Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East and the Middle East with increasing Sampling and looping Africa Africa accuracy, fluency, Creating a 21st century control and version of Tocatta and Fugue in D min (pulse) expression. THE BEATLES MINIMALISM ELECTRONIC MUSICAL GIANTS MUSICAL GIANTS NEW DIRECTIONS How 4 lads from Polyrhythmic music INNOVATORS John Cage - Three Game- Liverpool changed the Bach Bach Dances for Two course of music forever Exploring texture Kraftwerk Changers Mozart Mozart Prepared Pianos, Dance The role of repetition and Black Box Looking at the Beethoven Beethoven no. 1 ingredients of song and phase shift 90s explosion Brahms Brahms Kaija Saariaho - Petals the development Cycles Naughties women for Violoncello and Live through the Beatles’ Little Richard Little Richard Compose and Minimalist composers Exploration of traditional Electronics career. Elton John Elton John improvise music and their impact song structure v music Stravinsky - The Rite of Use of the recording tecnology Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Spring for a range of studio and its impact audiences and AOS – CONVENTIONS OF purposes using COVER VERSIONS IN AT THE DEEP END . AOS – CONVENTIONS OF POPULAR MUSIC WHAT MAKES A GOOD POP the elements of POP AND JAZZ SONG? Queen as an example Team work and aural skill The Blues The Blues Courtney Pine - Back Song music. Rock band revolution Riff ‘Deconstructing’ a song Rock n Roll Rock n Roll in the Day Structure We will rock you – Skill as an instrumentalist / Rock anthems of the 70s Rock anthems of the 70s Kate Bush - Hounds singer as part of a band and 80s Lyrics exploring the elements and 80s of Love of music Using skills to compose Pop Ballads Pop Ballads The Beatles - Melody Revolver own song Solo artists to the present Solo artists to the present Performing and day day composing songs MUSIC FOR FILM AOS – MUSIC FOR FILM MUSIC AND COMPUTER AOS – MUSIC FOR FILM Manipulation of the AND VIDEO GAMES AND VIDEO GAMES MUSICALS GAMES elements of music Action Action Music as a Listen to music Links to Opera Early 8-bit games and theory Leitmotif Atmosphere Atmosphere The ‘opening number’ storyteller with increasing Hit points Looking at how the Character, themes, Out of Africa Out of Africa attention to elements of music come atmosphere and Creating atmosphere Halo Halo detail and together scenario and mood Leitmotif Leitmotif recall sounds How musicals tell stories Typical characteristics in Extended composing John Williams John Williams with aural and convey emotions gaming music task awareness. Use of sound effects AOS – The Concerto AOS – The Concerto FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE And through through time through time this develop an MUSIC AND SPACE SPOOKY MUSIC The relationship between music and art The evolution of the The evolution of the understanding The orchestral Using instrumental timbres orchestra orchestra Impressionism (texture and to create texture, mood of the history of ‘palette’(timbres) timbre) Characteristics of the Characteristics of the Sonority and atmosphere music. Creating Expressionism (texture and concerto concerto Music for horror films ‘soundscapes’(texture) timbre) Beethoven Beethoven The role of the voiceover Mars from ‘The Planets’ – Responding to a brief The elements of music The elements of music .

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