Key Words, Concepts and Musical Knowledge
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Pitch, Tempo, Dynamics (pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, cresc., dim.), Duration, Texture, Timbre, Sonority, Articulation, Silence, Notation, Staff Notation, Stave, Graphic Notation, Graphic Score
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Rhythm, Pulse, Beat, March, Waltz, Time Signature, Conducting, Accent, Rhythm Grid Notation, Semibreve, Minim, Crotchet, Quaver, Pair of Quavers, Bar Line, Bars, Ostinato, Cyclic Rhythm Polyrhythm, polyrhythmic texture
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Q&A/Call and Response Phrases, Binary Form (AB), Ternary Form (ABA), Rondo Form (ABACADA..), Phrase, Melody, Harmony, Ostinato, Drone, Treble Clef Pitch Notation
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Repeat, Repetition, Repeat Symbol :||, Hook, Melodic Hook, Rhythmic Hook, Verbal Hook, Riff, Ostinato, Treble Clef, Bass Clef, Bass Line, Melody, Chords
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Music Theory
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Italian terms relating to Tempo
Italian terms and musical symbols relating to Dynamics and Gradations of Dynamics
Legato and Staccato Articulation markings.
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Note Values - Semibreve, Minim, Crotchet, Quaver, Pair of Quavers, semiquavers
Simple Time Signatures
Bars and Bar Lines
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Musical Forms and Structures - Binary (AB), Ternary (ABA), Rondo (ABACADA…)
Musical Phrases and Phrasing Markings.
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Treble and Bass Clef Symbols
Musical Repeat Markings and Symbols
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Key Words, Concepts and Musical Knowledge
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Bass Sound, Cyclic Rhythm, Djembe, Duns, Polyrhythm, Rhythm, Slap Sound, Tone Sound
Pitch, Polyrhythm, Polyrhythmic Texture, Pulse, Arrangement, Beat, Offbeat, Regular Pulse, Riff, Syncopation, Beat, Call and Response, Improvisation, Master Drummer, Offbeat, Q&A ,
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Melody: countermelody, treble clef notation, melodic movement, stepwise movement, melodic intervals, linear, steps, leaps,
Harmony: chord, triad, major, minor, root, harmonic interval, harmonisation of a melody, passing note, non-harmony notes, drone,
Structure: theme, variation, canon/round
Musical Devices: retrograde, inversion, augmentation, diminution
Articulation: Staccato, Legato
Performance Techniques: Trills, vibrato, tremolo, double stopping
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Bass Line, Bass Clef, Bass Clef Staff Notation, Stave, Staff, Lines/Spaces, Pitch, Musical Instruments that use the Bass Clef, The Bass Guitar, Chords: Root, Third, Fifth, Passing Notes, Bass Line Patterns: Walking Bass, Bass Line Riffs, Alberti Bass, Broken Chords, Arpeggios, Pedal.
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Key Words, Concepts and Musical Knowledge
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12 Bar Blues, Blues Chord Sequence, Blues Song Structure (AAB) Blues Scale, Blues Song Lyrics, Chords and Seventh Chords I I7 IV IV7 V V7; Chord vamps, Improvisation, Swing/Swung rhythms, Ostinato, Riffs, Fills and Solos; types and styles of Jazz; Modes and Modal Jazz, Ragtime; Instruments of Jazz, Frontline (solos) and Rhythm Section.
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Leitmotif, Soundtrack, Theme Song, Mickey-Mousing, Concord/Discord, (Chromatic) Sequencing, Storyboard, ‘Borrowed’ Music, Music-Spotting, Interval of a 5th, Click Tracks/Timing, Theme, Sound Effects, Motif, Timbre/Sonority, Musical Clichés, Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Music.
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Students can choose from a selection of Briefs under the following headings:
1) Research, Rehearse, Perform and Record (Performance Pathway)
2) Research, Create, Compose and Record (Composition Pathway)
3) Research, Select, Collate and Present (Research and Analysis Pathway)
They will use the skills they have learnt throughout KS3 to put together a project in their chosen area of expertise. This can be done as an individual, in pairs or as a small group – depending on suitability of the pathway brief.
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