Year 11 Music
Curriculum:
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Concerto Throughout Time
Key Concepts
- Be able to listen and analyse instrumentation and how each period of music had different concertos.
- Describe instruments and how composers created contrasting music.
Key Vocabulary
Concerto, Cadenza, Concertino, Basso Continuo, Ornamentation, Ripieno, Terraced Dynamics, Homophonic, Polyphonic, Tutti, Virtuosic
Conventions of Pop
Key Concepts
- What are the key elements of rock n roll?
- What are the key elements of rock anthems?
- What are the key elements of pop ballads?
- What are the key elements of pop artists and pop of he 70s/80s/90s?
- How to describe the music using past paper questions
Key Vocabulary
Chord, 12 Bar Blues, Improvisation, Walking Bass, Power Chord, Harmonic Rhythm, Harmony, Homophonic
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Film and Game Music
Key Concepts
- Be able to listen and analyse pieces of film and game music.
- To be able to answer long answer questions accessing the top band of marks.
- To have nearly completed their composition NEA.
Key Vocabulary
leitmotif, mickey mousing, underscore, diegetic music, descriptive music
Rhythms of the World
Key Concepts
- What are the key elements of Bhangra?
- What are the key elements of Indian classical music?
- What are the key elements of Mediterranean music?
- What are the key elements of Samba?
- What are the key elements of Calypso?
- What are the key elements of African?
- To be able to apply this knowledge to listening tasks.
Key Vocabulary
Melodic Features, Harmonic Features, Articulation, Tonality, Texture, Instrumentation, Rhythm, Metre, Tempo
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By this point in the academic year, we have completed the course content and we are focusing on revision, exam technique and pace.
Subject Overview:
Students in Year 11 have 3 Music lessons each week.
In Year 11, students have 1 piece of homework set every week.
Homework takes the form a listening task, and performance practice.
Assessments:
Students are given exam style practise questions on a regular basis throughout the year.
In the Autumn Term, students sit a mock listening exam and a performance assessment.
Students will then sit their final exam in the Summer Term.
