OCR (KS4)

KS3 & KS4 Music

Unit sequence

Units that make up our curricula are fully sequenced, and aligned to the national curriculum.

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Year group
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Year 7

1

Singing fundamentals

2

Keyboard fundamentals

3

Fundamental drum grooves

4

Extending keyboard skills

5

Unison and harmony in Nigerian choral singing

6

Fills and variation in RnB drum grooves

7

Syncopation and pentatonic melodies

8

Two-part harmony in pop style singing

9

Simple chords and basslines with a drum groove

10

Composing for melody and accompaniment (optional)

11

Wider Listening: European music, rock'n'roll, influence of Windrush (optional)

Year 8

1

Major and minor keys and dotted rhythms

2

Extended textures (and major and minor scales) in group singing

3

Swing rhythm, chords and bass in pop music

4

Extending keyboard technique

5

Polyphony, pulse and vocal articulation in singing

6

Harmonic rhythm, off-beats and idiomatic timbre in EDM

7

Performing with changing accidentals and rhythmic drive

8

Finnish chordal singing and developing independent lines

9

Recreating the sound of 90s Grunge

10

Wider listening: French art music, Funk, Disco and south Asian music (optional)

Year 9

1

Orchestral Melodies

2

Singing the blues scale in 20th century song

3

Hooks and riffs in Disco and Contemporary Rap

4

Developing understanding of phrasing, melody and harmony in the WCT

5

A cappella singing

6

The bass, hooks and grooves of 80s pop

7

Developing quality in homophonic singing

8

The origin and key features of Blues music

9

The role of improvision, harmony and rhythm in blues composition

10

Composing to a brief (optional)

11

Creating contrast in composition (optional)

12

Wider listening: music from the wider world (optional)

Year 10

1

Music theory for GCSE

2

Intro to song writing

3

Intro to writing for melody and accompaniment

4

Baroque solo concerto

5

12 bar blues

6

Baroque concerto grosso

7

Rock anthems

8

Classical concerto

9

Film music 1

10

Bhangra

11

Pop ballad

12

Romantic concerto

13

North Indian classical music

14

Film music 2

15

Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern music

16

Frozen Planet

17

Samba

18

Calypso

19

West African drumming and its influences

20

Solo artists in the 21st century

21

Computer game music

Year 11

1

Solo artists: Rihanna

2

Set works: Wicked, Release, Queen, Pathetique

3

Writing for solo and accompaniment

4

Composition to a brief exemplars

5

Free composition exemplars

6

Long form writing

7

Dictation

8

Listening to musical elements

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