Here you will find links to all the projects covered during Key Stage 3. Clicking on any of them will take you to a library of resources used during the project.
Looking at how improvisation is used across many different genres of music
Looking at how composers have for over 100 years used music to describe everyday life
Looking at how to write music for specific occasion (night time to start with)
Looking at one of the most significant building blocks of music - chords, and put them into the context of jazz music
Looking at the conventions of accompanied solo performance, and the interaction between the soloist and their accompaniment or backing, across a range of styles and genres
Looking at the art of songwriting and beginning to craft our own songs
Looking at the key characteristics of jazz music and how to compose and perform jazz music using improvisation techniques
Looking at reggae music, what it is, how it is composed and performed
Looking at how music is used in so much more than simply entertainment,
but how it is also functional at times
Looking at how music is used in film to support the action and help create atmosphere, tension and strengthen characters
Looking at how many songwriters simply do remixes of other musician’s work. Start to craft our own remixes or ‘arrangements’