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KS3 Music scheme of work for year 7 term 2 'British Folk Music'

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Focus: Melodic shape, phrase structure, and how melodies relate to scales/modes and the tonic. Hands-on exercises incorporate aspects of performing, improvising, composing and analytical listening. Resources include teaching materials, student exercises, progress and assessment tools, 'do now' tasks and supporting teacher notes.

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Four-part harmony exercise 4

Suitable for all exam boards that have an SATB J.S.Bach chorale four part harmony question

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The perfect cadence. Establishing good habits in doubling and voicing.

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Yr 7 Homework and Revision task 4

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Progressive listening and appraising resources

Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring metre, timbre, melody and accompaniment, major chords, hearing the number of different pitches in a line and notes written below the stave.

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Four-part harmony exercise 3

Suitable for all exam boards that have an SATB J.S.Bach chorale four part harmony question

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Root position primary chords. An exploration of root position I, IV and V in C, and I, IV and V in G.

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Yr 7 Homework and Revision task 7

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Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring conjunct and disjunct melodic movement, pitch names, and dynamics in Italian (piano and forte) triads, orchestral timbres and identifying the material they play.

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Yr 7 Homework and Revision task 6

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Progressive listening and appraising resources

Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring dynamics, texture, metre, ostinato, pedal notes, pitches above the stave and tempo changes.

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GCSE Listening and Appraising - cover lesson 4

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Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

Questions on melodic dictation, keys, texture, degrees of the scale, rhythmic devices, timbre recognition, phrase structure, playing techniques, Italian tempo terms, chord recognition, intervals, tonality

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Yr 7 Homework and Revision task 5

Specialist vocabulary, notation and listening questions

Progressive listening and appraising resources

Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring dynamics, tempo, melodic movement, pulse, parts of the drum kit, number of different pitches, instrument roles, metre and rhythmic patterns.

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Yr 8 Homework and Revision task 6

Specialist vocabulary, notation and listening questions

Progressive listening and appraising resources

Ten questions with a score fragment and embedded clip, exploring the pentatonic scale, tonality, families of instruments, playing techniques (tremolo), anacrusis, pentatonicism in context, anacrusis in context and 'rare breed' timbres.

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Four-part harmony exercise 2

Suitable for all exam boards that have an SATB J.S.Bach chorale four part harmony question

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Four voices, but only three notes in a triad. Simple voicings of a root position chord, in 4 parts (SATB), over two staves.