Bishop Fox’s SchoolMusic Faculty

Year 7 Autumn 1ElementsGraphic Scores,Notation, Pitch, Tempo,Texture, Duration,Dynamics, Silence,Timbre, Structure.

The Haunted House

Britten-DawnInterlude

Danse Macabre

TheoryKeyboard, Notation,Rhythm, Italian Terms

History of Music

Form & Structure

Composers

Periods of Music

Christmas Carols onkeyboards

Instruments ofOrchestraStrings, Woodwind,Brass, Percussion,Conductor, Timbre,Dynamics, Tempo,Texture.

Instruments,Composer andConductor research.

Theme and Variation

Young Persons guideto the Orchestra(Britten)Carnival of theAnimals (Saint Saens)

Keyboard SkillsPavane, major Scale,Minor Scales, Notation,Scales, Dance Research.

Pavane for jack Point

Gamelan & WorldMusicMetallaphone, MinorScale, Gamelan, cycles,Layers, Culture, Tradition,Instruments, Indonesia,Java & Bali

Gamelan Performance

ICT Ringtone

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit

Year 7 Baseline Test

Haunted HousePerformance andGraphic Score

BBC 10 pieces No 1

End of yearAssessment

Assessment

Bishop Fox’s SchoolMusic Faculty

Year 8 Autumn 1Film MusicStory board,Leitmotif, SoundtrackTheme, Genre, Musictech, Sound FX, Looping,Garageband

Blues MusicChords, Improvisation,Blues, Scales, Key, Lyrics,Jazz, 12 Bar Blues, Call& Response, Bass line

World MusicEither:• India• Africa• Samba• Calypsoon notation

Dance MusicMusic tech, Sound FX,Rhythm, Structure,Layers,Club dance music,Garage band, CD,Dance research,Waltz, Tango, Salsa

MusicalLion King, Hairspray,Theatre, Orchestra,Scoring, Box Office,Performers,Famous pieces,TV and Stage

Pop MusicPerformance, Groupwork, Notation,Chords, Keyboard skills,Pop industry

Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Unit

Film Music trailerson the Macs

Blues Performance Performance Dance compositionon the Macs

Pop Performance to class

End of yearAssessment

Assessment

Bishop Fox’s SchoolMusic Faculty

Year 9 Module 1MU-FU / Pop SongArrangements, Cover songs, Copyright, Recording, Music tech, Effects,The Industry, Layers, Structure, Pop artists, Garage Band, Riff, InformalLearning

Module 2

Unit

Advertising

Performance on Macs

Year 9 Music modules are taught on rotaion with Art

Performance to ClassAssessment

AdvertsJingle, Underscore, Voice over, Target audience, Garage band, Ternary form,Lyrics

Create Cd