KS3 Music
Music at Ashton Park will look to go to the very heart of our humanity and provide the sense of the wonder that music has created through diverse human societies and throughout history.
Our music education will offer young people the chance to understand in an aural dimension, that which often sits outside our capacity to describe in words. We aim to build our students technical understanding of how music is composed and performed.
We will look to install a sense of belonging in music and look to instill a purpose that the music they love now will be part of the narrative of their lives and bring colour to the experiences that shape them.
The musical elements tie our curriculum together and as students progress through the three years of KS3 they will gain an increasingly complex understanding of how these elements combine to make the music we love:
| Topic studied | Musical elements focused on | Performance we will focus on | Composing we will focus on | Great Composers we focus on |
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The Elements of Music
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Structure Pitch Duration Timbre Texture Dynamics Tempo |
Perform major and minor chords using the ukulele Perform simple melodies on ukulele from Tab |
Composing a simple chord progression using the ukuleles. | |
| The Instruments of the Orchestra |
Timbre Pitch |
Perform simple melodies on keyboard- Holst and Greig | Compose a simple melody, using repetition and ostinato |
Gustav Holst Edward Grieg |
| Topic studied | Musical elements focused on | Performance we will focus on | Composing we will focus on | Great Composers we focus on |
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Samba
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Duration Dynamics Tempo |
Perform simple rhythms using percussion instruments
Perform Syncopated rhythms using percussion instruments |
Perform using a range of simple and syncopated rhythms using percussion instruments | |
| The Blues |
Structure Pitch Duration |
Accurately perform the 12 bar blues chord progression Perform a 12 Bar Blues head and walking bass line with other musicians. |
Compose a 12 Bar Blues song with improvisation. Compose lyrics in an AAB structure to fit with a 12 Bar Blues song. |
B.B King Robert Johnson Bessie Smith Nina Simone |
| Intro to GarageBand (Minimalism) |
Texture Timbre |
Perform riffs and motifs using technology from sheet music
Create a performance of a minimalist song using GarageBand |
Compose a repetitive motif using technology |
Steve Reich Mike Oldfield |
| Band Skills |
Structure Pitch |
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The Beatles |
| Topic studied | Musical elements focused on | Performance we will focus on | Composing we will focus on | Great Composers we focus on |
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Film Music
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Pitch Dynamics Timbre |
Perform leitmotifs using keyboards: Hedwig’s Theme Indiana Jones Pirates of the Caribbean |
Compose a soundtrack to a film music clip. |
John Williams Howard Shore Hans Zimmer Ennio Morricone |
| Hip Hop and Rap |
Structure Tempo Timbre |
Perform simple Hip Hop drum patterns using technology Use voices as individuals to perform a rap in a Hip Hop style |
Write expressive lyrics for a Hip Hop composition Compose a simple Hip Hop drum pattern Compose a simple riff for a Hip Hop song. |
Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five Tupac Biggie Smalls |
| Writing a Pop song |
Structure Pitch Duration Timbre Texture Dynamics Tempo |
Perform hooks, riffs and basslines from popular song Perform chord progressions from popular songs |
Compose a popular song in groups: Chord progressions Basslines Hooks/Riffs Lyrics and Vocal Melodies. |
The Beatles Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell |
