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Curriculum Overview KS3
Subject: Music
Overview effective from[date
]:
September 2017
Year 8
Tablature
notation
and
performanc
e
Guitars
Small
Ensemble
performance
and structure
12 bar blues
Music
Business
project:
Creating a
music
festival
Large
Ensemble
Performanc
e
Composition:
Basics of
Sibelius
composing
software
Ensemble
Performance:
Introductio
n to
alternative
notation of
tablature.
How
guitarists
read music.
Pupils all
access and
perform on
acoustic
guitars
reading
from
tablature
notation
Examination
of Blues music
history,
influences and
structure, as
well as the
impact on
popular music
culture. Pupils
learn key
features
including the
Walking Bass,
Strophic 12
bar structure,
and the 1‐4‐5
chord
progression
and
improvisation
before they
perform in a
small
ensemble
Pupils
explore the
music
business
identifying
the many and
varied roles
within the
industry, how
the financial
aspects work
and the
relationships
between
events
managers,
music
mangers and
performers
are arranged.
Whole class
work on a
set
performanc
e that
involves
many
aspects of
rhythm,
harmony
and
melody.
Each pupil
working
within a
section in
order to
create a
completed
recorded
performanc
e.
Introduction
to the
composing
software
used within
GCSE
coursework
‘Sibelius’.
Pupils learn
how to
create a
score, add
(take away)
instruments,
add multiple
and single
bars, insert
notes.
Whole class
work on a
class chosen
performance
that must
involves many
aspects of
rhythm,
harmony and
melody. Each
pupil working
within a
section in
order to
create a
completed
recorded
performance
Assessment
Completed
recorded
performanc
e of each
individual
performanc
e. Two
pieces
increasing
in difficulty.
Completed
history
questions,
Ability to play
the chord
progression,
walking bass
and/or
improvise
within a small
ensemble
Pupils plan a
music festival
Whole class
rehearsal
schedule
and
recording of
set piece
Completed
weekly tasks
to aid the
eventual
creation of a
short 8 bar
melody and
accompanim
ent piece
with three
separate
Whole class
rehearsal and
recording of
chosen piece