Year 8
Music
Performing, composing and listening
Music · DfEMusic GCSE · Pearson Edexcel 1MU0
Unit 1
The elements of music
Pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture and structure.
2 lessons
0 of 2 done
What this unit covers
- Identify and use the inter-related dimensions of music expressively, including pitch, duration, dynamics, tempo, timbre, texture and structure
Unit 2
Reading and using notation
Making sense of the staff, pitch and rhythm notation.
3 lessons
0 of 3 done
What this unit covers
- Read and use staff notation, including pitch and rhythm notation, with increasing fluency
- Use staff and other relevant notations appropriately and accurately in a range of musical styles, genres and traditions
Unit 3
Music through time and place
How music styles, traditions and technology have changed.
3 lessons
0 of 3 done
What this unit covers
- Develop a deepening understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history
- Identify and describe music from different times, places and traditions, using appropriate musical vocabulary
Unit 4
Performing and improvising
Playing with accuracy and expression, improvising and playing in ensembles
3 lessons
0 of 3 done
What this unit covers
- Play and perform confidently in a range of solo and ensemble contexts using their voice, playing instruments musically, fluently and with accuracy and expression
- Improvise and compose, and extend and develop musical ideas by drawing on a range of musical structures, styles, genres and traditions
- Play music with technical control, keeping in time with others and responding to a conductor or leader
Unit 5
Composing, technology and listening
Composing for a purpose, using music technology and discriminating listening
3 lessons
0 of 3 done
What this unit covers
- Compose music for a range of purposes using the inter-related dimensions of music
- Use music technology appropriately to capture, change and combine sounds
- Listen with increasing discrimination to a wide range of music from great composers and musicians
Unit 6
Year 9 Music: harmony, keys and production
Chords, keys and scales across styles, and using music technology to capture and shape sound.
2 lessons
0 of 2 done
What this unit covers
- Understand chords, keys and scales, and how harmony is used within different styles of music
- Use music technology appropriately to capture, change and combine sounds