YEAR 7

During Year 7 the music course focuses on:

• Developing rhythmic skills and understanding, through a range of practical activities
  Singing.
• Developing skill and confidence in reading, composing and performing melodies, and in creating accompaniments.
• Exploring elements of the traditional music of West Africa.
• Exploring the characteristics of instruments of the string family.

YEAR 8

During Year 8 the music course focuses on:

• Developing general musicianship skills and knowledge, particularly in compound time.
• Developing creative skills and techniques, improvising and notating melodies with chord accompaniments, including jigs.
• Acquiring skill in using Sibelius music software to notate and play assignments.
• Exploring the characteristics of woodwind, brass and percussion instruments.

YEAR 9

During Year 9 the music course focuses on:

• Developing general musicianship skills and knowledge, particularly in using an increasingly wide range of chords.
• Developing creative skill and techniques, developing confidence in improvising and composing in a 12-bar blues idiom.
• Exploring vocal music in a range of styles and forms.
• Acquiring greater facility in using Sibelius music software.