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Autumn Term
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Music for Media
Practical and Tech topics are integrated in year.
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- Creating emotion in film music
- Exploring music in video games, TV and films
- Iconic film composers
- Instrument free choice
- Music tech opportunities
- Performance, self-evaluation and peer feedback
- Solo performances
- The importance of major and minor in creating mood
- Using repetition in film music
- Working with others in ensembles
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Compose two contrasting soundtracks to a 15 second video in order to change the mood of the scene. This can be done as a live performance or by using a DAW. |
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Spring Term
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Writing a Cover Song
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- Creating a cover of an existing song
- EDM and Pop punk genres
- Instrument free choice
- Music tech opportunities
- Performance, self-evaluation and peer feedback
- Solo performances
- Working with others in ensembles
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Create a cover of a song in a different genre to the original. This can be done as a live performance or by using a DAW.
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Summer Term
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Original song |
- 12 Bar Blues
- Chord progressions in popular music
- Blues, Folk, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Improvisation
- Instrument free choice
- Music tech opportunities
- Pentatonic scale
- Performance, self-evaluation and peer feedback
- Solo performances
- Writing a catchy melody • Working with others in ensembles
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Compose an entirely new piece. This can be done as a live performance or by using a DAW (no loops). |
