AUTUMN | Pitch and rhythm notation in the treble clef Learning how instruments work The Orchestra | Working in groups to learn tunes Singing: Canons, When I’m 64 | Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra Peter and the Wolf |
SPRING | Clapping rhythms Types of Scale Structure in musicContrast in music | Pentatonic compositions in ABA form | Pieces with ABA structures Pictures at an Exhibition |
SUMMER | More notation and rhythm, instrument recognition Describing things in music | Programme pieces: Moods and Titles | Carnival of the Animals. (Saint Saens) Mars (Planets) Dance of the Knights (Prokofiev) |
AUTUMN | Playing the Keyboard Improvising (Scales) | Learning tunes on the keyboard | Lieutenant Kije Various Concertos covering Baroque to Modern |
SPRING | Learning to use Sibelius | Write a fanfare Film Music | Fanfares Film Music examples German Baroque Pachelbel/Bach/Handel |
SUMMER | The scales and structure of INDIAN MUSIC RAGS/TALS/ALAPS | Writing an Indian piece | Indian music examples |
AUTUMN | The structure of the 12 bar blues Basic TRIADS Fitting Lyrics to music Music structures | Cover version of HOUND DOG Minimalist Composing | Hound Dog and other 12 bar Blues examples Bohemian Rhapsody Musicals |
SPRING | Triads to melody Ground Basses Musical structures | Begin GROUND BASS compositions | Seventies Music Bohemian Rhapsody |
SUMMER | Song structure Chord progressions | Finish Ground Bass Compositions Write a pop song | Movements from West Side Story |