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Music Homework
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Year 7
Term 1 - Graphic Notation
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Design symbols to represent louder, softer, faster and slower sounds using ICT.
Complete Graphic Scores and prepare a copy for the Display Board.
Practise individual musical parts.
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Term 2 - Keyboard Skills & Christmas Time
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Practise the new melodies if you have a keyboard.
Find two carols/Christmas songs. One must be sacred and the other secular.
Complete all lyrics for the Christmas Song (to do over the Christmas Break).
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Term 3 - Instruments of the Orchestra
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Listen to 2 pieces of orchestral music and comment on the timbre of 2 musical
families.
Complete the Orchestra Chart.
Experiment with different timbres on the keyboard, using a given melody.
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Term 4 - Peter & the Wolf
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Complete a short profile on Rimsky-Korsakov and George Gershwin. When did they
live, where did they live and study, what style of music did they compose?
Complete all work for a group story ready for classroom display.
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Term 5 - Pentatonic Music
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Bring in an object for a class display that represents China (map, menu, recipe,
instrument, etc).
Practice the individual keyboard assessment.
Complete a profile of Claude Debussy and Leonard Bernstein. When did they live,
where did they live and study, what style of music did they compose?
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Term 6 - Calypso & Reggae
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Complete lyrics.
Experiment with different chord sequences.
Complete a short profile on Sir Edward Elgar and J S Bach. When did they live,
where did they live and study, what style of music did they compose?
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Year 8
Term 1 - Harmony, Form & Structure
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Pupils to research the composer Pachelbel.
Practice Pachelbel’s Canon.
Evaluations and Targets for next project.
Research 2 or 3 of the musical forms studied so far.
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Term 2 - Keyboard Skills, Blues/African
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Practice playing the 12 bar blues sequence.
Research the two Blues performers.
Complete lyrics for Blues song.
Revise for a test the second week back after Christmas.
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Term 3 - Pictures at an Exhibition
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Bring in a suitable picture or drawing for next lesson.
To make a factfile on one of the following composers: Tchaikovsy or Shostakovich.
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Term 4 - Indian Music
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Bring in an item/picture that represents India for class display.
Practice Raga for assessment.
Revise for test at end of term.
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Term 5 - Listening and Performing
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Research the Performance Sheet from the Music area on the Intranet and prepare
for your individual keyboard performance.
Listen to different music examples and identify/genres and musical elements.
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Term 6 - War & Music
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To research what life was like in World War Two and listen to musical examples.
Prepare a neat copy of your war poem or war speech.
Explore musical sounds/elements for your composition.
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Year 9
Media and Music – The News and Weather
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- Watch the news and weather – Make a note of how the music is used.
Comment on the following elements:
- Melody
- Harmony
- Chords
- Instruments
- Style
- Effects
- Complete your Power Point Weather Map.
- Find suitable props you could use to improve your News/Weather
presentation.
- Write a comparison about how different TV channels use music in their
news programmes. Are they any common factors?
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Media and Music – PowerPoint and Pop Song
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- Research for the PowerPoint. Students to focus on the area they are
responsible for within their group.
- Research of the different types/styles of Popular Music from 1960's to
the present day.
- Exploring different musical ideas that can be used for your composition.
- To Listen to 2 contrasting styles of music you have not heard before and
comment on the different ways that the songs use the following elements:
- Melody
- Harmony
- Instruments
- Texture
- Timbre
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