KS4 Curriculum Booklet 2017 - 18

Music Overview 2017 :  KS4  Year 9

Autumn 1 

Autumn 2 

Spring 1 

Spring 2 

Spring 3 

Spring 4 

Year 9  Basic Theory :

Musical Elements 

Preparation  Performance  Assessment;  Component 2 

Research, Composition 

Introduction to Sibelius 

Development of  Theory:  Component 1 

Component 1 

Component 1 

Component 3 

Component 3 

 Treble Clef   Bass Clef   Time  signatures,   Harmony,   Melody, 

 Choice of Genre   Genre  identification:   Rhythm   Structure   Form,   Instrumentation   Development  techniques.

 Creating a score   Choosing  instruments   Adding Bars   Inputting notes   Orchestration of  chords 

 Musical 

 Staff 

 Ensemble 

structures, 

notation,   Dynamics   Pitch   Duration   Tempo   Texture 

performance,   Preparation,    Rehearsal and    Recording 

 Tonality   Harmonic 

modulation, 

 Melodic 

Development

Weekly and end of  unit test 

Completed genre  research folder 

Mock performance  against grading  criterion 

Weekly and end of unit  test 

Completed weekly skills  tests. 

Weekly and end of  unit past paper mock  exam (2015)

                                       Asessment