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Year 8

Atmospheric music

6 lessons

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Pupils learn about programmatic and descriptive music and how music can be used to set the scene. They compose a piece of music to accompany a story that includes a recurring motif and demonstrates an understanding of how key/chromatics and other musical elements can have an impact on the mood.

This unit develops pupils’ understanding of how musical ideas are created, shaped and developed through the use of motifs and ostinati, alongside devices such as pedal notes, trills and chromatic movement. Pupils explore the elements of music and instrumental techniques, including instrumental clichés, to understand how instruments are used effectively and in style. They learn how key, a sense of home note, timbre and chromatic movement influence mood and atmosphere, and what makes an idea sound convincingly musical in their own compositions.

  1. Creating scary music
  2. The effect of timbre
  3. Composing music that doesn't sound scary
  4. Developing a motif
  5. Composing music for an extended story
  6. Creating a sense of style
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