Music - Year 10

Autumn 1Autumn 2Spring 1Spring 2Summer 1Summer 2
KnowledgeComposition: fundamentals of music theory and harmony
Performance: Ensemble performance and performing solo roles
Theory: Working towards grade 5 music theory		Composition: Harmonic writing tasks (cycle of fifths, harmonising a melody)
Performance: Solo performance, duet performance
Theory: Listening terminology		Composition: Free composition, choosing an audience and occasion for a composition
Performance: Ensemble performance skills
Theory: Little Shop of Horrors: Prologue		Composition: Free Composition draft 1 due
Performance: Solo performance, assessed using GCSE criteria
Theory: Little Shop of Horrors - Mushnik & Sons		Composition: Refinement and completion of composition draft 1
Performance: Ensemble performance (trip to recording studio)
Theory: Little Shop of Horrors - Feed Me		Preparing for EOY exam, revising knowledge and preparing for assessment across the three areas of music
High frequency vocabulary and grammatical structures taughtHarmony
Chord
Primary chord
Secondary chord
Notation
Musescore
Time Signature
Clef
Stave		Technique
Expression
Interpretation
Cycle of fifths
Crotchet
Quaver
Passing Note
Melody
Conjunct
Disjunct		Audience
Texture
Form
Structure
Binary
Tenary
Section
Verse
Chorus
Homophonic
Monophonic		Musical
Bubblegum pop
Synthesizer
Tonality
Dynamics
Rhythm
Metre
Syncopation
Tempo
Repetition		Ostinato
Word painting
Hemiola
Dimunition
Major
Minor
Dimished
Interval		Phrygian
Modal
Harmonic
Melodic
Scalic
Triadic
Arpeggiated
Pedal
AssessmentComposition Technique piece, solo performance piece, listening testComposition cycle of 5th piece, ensemble performance, listening testComposition (free) draft, ensemble performance, written testComposition draft 2, solo performance, listening test
Cultural Capital
Careers
Cross Curricular Links		Understanding the creative performance industryMaths- fractions in musicEnglish language - key term stemsHistory - 1950s America. Participation in school production - theatre skillsVisiting a recording studio - experience of industry standard recording technlologySummer showcase performance. Cultural capital development and appreciation of wider arts. Concert/ theatre trip:observing professionals in a live context.