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 Music
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Year 7:
Maximum of ten lessons (1 hour 20 minutes each) over a five week period.
Students have the opportunity to experience music within all four strands of the arts curriculum.
Year 7 music students will learn to:
- write music in treble/bass clef
- identify key elements of music from aural examples
- use Garage Band and other available technology effectively to compose, edit and record music
- play a variety of ukulele songs individually and part of a group
- experiment with body percussion as a performance opportunity
Main key competency focus:
participating and contributing(group work),
managing self(practical preparation),
languages/symbols/text(reading music)
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Year 8:
Maximum of 15 lessons (1 hour 45 minutes each) over a term
Students have opportunity to experience music within all four strands of the arts curriculum.
Year 8 students learn to:
- research and present panel discussion in class - discussing the context, purpose, meaning
- of a popular song (using Youtube as an effective resource)
- learn to write effective song lyrics and set words to music
- use Garage Band/Logic(CWEA)/iPod/Bluetooth devices/youtube/wikipages/sound systems as effective digital resources
- play guitar, read guitar charts (keyboard,guitar,bass are available for advanced musicians)
Main key competency focus:
participating and contributing(group work),
managing self(practical preparation and individual compositions),
languages/symbols/text(reading music).
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