Music Tech Curriculum – Recording Studio based activities: Aims: •
Create and record music for small groups of pupils
•
Create and record music for individuals
•
Record class songs and whole school songs
•
Record podcasts for internet broadcast
•
Record soundtracks for film/drama projects
•
Record reading/spoken word
•
Develop song writing & instrumental composition skills
Pupils/groups to be timetabled accordingly
Musical Activity (strands for assessment)
Primary
K2/3
KS4
Singing
Group singing Solo singing
Group singing Choir Solo
Group singing Choir Solo
Playing
Rhythm Drums Body soundsHandclaps Fingersnaps Footstamping
Rhythm Drums Keyboards Guitar Bass
Listening to ideas from others, making suggestions
Make statements and observations. Use voice, sounds, instruments, technology creatively.
Composing
Sequencing simple rhythmic and note structures
Songwriting
Listening
Songs Classroom sounds
Reading
Rhythm Drums Keyboards Guitar Bass Software-based instrumentation Experiment with voice, sounds, instruments, technology in creative ways. Explore new techniques. Software-based composition Soundtracks Film/Drama Comment and respond to recordings ready for Final Mix
Improvising
Other groups Glee Club, Choir, Options, Tuition, Drama Group singing Choir Solo Tuition pupils practise and record development
Podcasting/Radio programme making
Podcasts Drama projects
Evaluating and amending recordings for Final Mix
Sample A: Week
Activity – Create and record an original song
1
Lay down rhythm track
2
Add keyboard chords
3
Overdub bass parts
4
Overdub lead guitar/additional instrumentation
5
Record lead vocal
6
Add backing vocal/harmonies
NC Assessment criteria
Sample B: Week
2
Activity – Record a cover version of an existing song Practise singing along with pre-recorded backing track Record lead vocal
3
Add backing vocal/harmonies
4
Overdub additional parts e.g. handclaps
5
Listen back to final recording and plan amendments
6
Final mix
1
NC Assessment criteria
Sample C: Week
Activity – Record a CD of class songs
1 2
Practise singing along with pre-recorded backing tracks Record group vocals
3
Add solo parts
4
Overdub harmonies
5
Overdub lead guitar/additional instrumentation
6
Final mix
NC Assessment criteria
Sample D: Week
Activity – Create and record a podcast
1
Plan programme and script for broadcast
2
Record spoken segments
3
Add musical interludes
4
Add interview segments
5
Add adverts/newsdesk/travel news etc.
6
Final mix for broadcast
NC Assessment criteria
Sample E: Week
Activity – Record a soundtrack for a short film
1 2
Watch film and discuss mood/emotion/pace and plan sounds to match images Use software to create layers of sounds
3
Add further layers of sound
4
Add keyboards/additional instrumentation
5
Use software to sync soundtrack to images
6
Final Mix and Sync
NC Assessment criteria
Sample F: Week
2
Activity – learn to use Music Tech Software by making a four-track recording Introduction to Garage Band and software features Track 1
3
Track 2
4
Track 3
5
Track 4
6
Final Mix and Save to File
1
NC Assessment criteria
Music Overview 2015/16 Cricket Green School 4 strands: Strands: Vocal: Solo voice Duet/group Action songs
Primary LO: • • • •
Term
Activities:
Rhythmic: Keeping a pulse Improvisation Repetition
KS2/3
Use the voice in different ways Sing with a sense of shape and melody Sing in tune and with expression Sing simple parts – small group/solo
LO: • •
Sing more complex parts. Begin to explore improvisation Sing using different vocal techniques and improvisation
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Spring
Summer
“hello/goodbye” “Name Song/Warm up” Harvest Festival Songs Christmas Songs
Easter songs
Artlish week(?)
Solo with microphone Tone/pitch Thinking voice Duets Choir Christmas Songs
Solo with microphone Tone/pitch Thinking voice Duets Choir Individual choice of song
Solo with microphone Duets Choir Songs for Artlish week & Whole school music evening
LO: • •
Whole school music evening
Repeat short rhythmic and melodic patterns Keep a steady pulse
LO: • • •
Improvise repeated patterns Improvise melodic and rhythmic phrases as part of a group performance Improvise melodic and rhythmic material within a given structure
Term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Activities:
1-2-3-4 Thunderstorm Quiet to loud
Rhythmic phrases Punctuating syllables with beats
Group drumming exercises
Group drumming exercises Rhythmic phrases Punctuating syllables with beats
Note sequences Glockenspiel Piano/keyboards Groove Feeling/Emotion Ta-ka-di-mi
Complex rhythms Latin/samba Drumkit 4/4 beat
Strands: Composition: Recognition/awareness of mood Instrumentation
Primary LO: • • •
KS2/3
Knows about and can explore sounds Can create and choose sounds Identify simple repeated patterns and follow musical instructions
LO: • • •
Improvise repeated patterns Compose by developing ideas within musical structures Compose music for different occasions using appropriate musical devices
Term
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Spring
Summer
Activities:
Percussion instruments Shakers Tambourines Djembe drums
Glockenspiel Note sequences Keyboards drums
Explore instruments/sound Electric guitars bass drumkit
Film music Emotion/mood Scary/happy/sad Explore keyboard composition
Sequencing notes Memorising sequences Repeating sequences Lyrics/songwriting
Selecting songs for Music Evening Rehearsing individual/group performances
Performance: Listening Participation Awareness of others
Term
Activities:
LO: • •
Follow musical instructions and signals Sing with a sense of shape and melody and have awareness of phrase
Autumn
Spring Assemblies Christmas Harvest festival Easter Artlish week Albert Hall End of Year Music Evening
Summer
LO: • • • • •
Sing in tune with expression and rhythmically Sing a round as part of a group Maintain their own part with awareness of combined effect Sing in parts using correct vocal techniques Perform own part from memory and using notation Autumn
Spring Assemblies Christmas Harvest festival Easter Artlish week Albert Hall End of Year Music Evening
Summer
CGS Music Curriculum - Autumn Term 1 Half Term (WEEK 1-7) Primary KS2/3 “Say Hello/Goodbye” Solo with microphone “Name Song/Warm up” Tone/pitch Harvest Festival Songs Thinking voice “One Man Went To Mow” Duets “B*I*N*G*O” Choir “Dingle Dangle Scarecrow” “Hot Potato” 1-2-3-4 Group drumming exercises “Thunderstorm” Rhythmic phrases Quiet to loud Punctuating syllables with beats st
Strands: Vocal
Rhythmic
Composition
Performance
CHOIR
Percussion instruments Shakers Tambourines Djembe drums
Film music Emotion/mood Scary/happy/sad Explore keyboard composition
2nd Half Term (WEEK 8-15) Primary
KS2/3 Christmas Songs “Away in a Manger” “Silent Night” “Jingle Bells” “O Come All Ye Faithful” “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” Sleigh bells Tambourines Wooden blocks Tone Tempo Arrangement
Assemblies Harvest festival
Assemblies Christmas Church Carol Service
Warm up: Bounce Bounce Boom Chikka Boom Three Part Groove Singin’ In The Rain A Ram sam sam
Warm up: Bounce Bounce Boom Chikka Boom Three Part Groove Singin’ In The Rain A Ram sam sam
1st Half Term Vocal
Rhythmic
Composition
Performance
CGS Music Curriculum - Spring Term
2nd Half Term
Primary Group songs “The Wheels on the Bus” “If You’re Happy and You Know It” “Do The Monkey” “Alphabet Song” “Five Little Monkeys” “It’s Very Very Cold” “Heads and Shoulders, Knees and Toes” Rhythmic phrases Punctuating syllables with beats
KS2/3 Solo with microphone Tone/pitch Thinking voice
Primary Easter songs “I Can Sing A Rainbow” “The Sun Has Got His Hat On” “Mary Had a Little Lamb” “Baa Baa Black Sheep” “Incey Wincey Spider” “We’re Going on an Egg Hunt” “Bouncing Bunnies” “Old MacDonald”
KS2/3 Duets Choir Individual choice of song
Note sequences Glockenspiel Piano/keyboards
Stamp/Clap
Groove Feeling/Emotion Ta-ka-di-mi
Glockenspiel Note sequences
Sequencing notes Memorising sequences Repeating sequences
Keyboards drums
Lyrics/songwriting
Assemblies
Assemblies Easter
CGS Music Curriculum – Summer Term 1 Half Term 2nd Half Term KS2/3 Primary KS2/3 Artlish week ? Whole school music evening Whole school music evening st
Primary
Vocal
Artlish week ?
Rhythmic
Group drumming exercises
Complex rhythms Latin/samba
Stamp/Clap
Drumkit 4/4 beat
Composition
Explore instruments/sound
Rehearsing individual/group performances
Electric guitars, bass drumkit
Selecting songs for Music Evening
Performance
Artlish week ?
End of Year Music Evening