Year 8
Skills, students will…
African Drumming
Autumn 1 or 2
Autumn 2 or 1
• • Students will learn to play a 4 part • polyrhythm with an opening call and • response and various breaks, some of which • they will have written themselves.
African Singing Students will learn to sing Umoja
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Tango
Spring 1&2
• • Each student will develop their • understanding of Logic Pro. They will learn • to dance a tango. They will learn to play a tango on the keyboard. • Learn the pathways and the backings
Feelin’ Good / Protest Music Summer 1&2
Each student will learn to sing Feelin’ Good, each student will learn to play it on the keyboard, each student will learn to scat sing.
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Learn to play the Djembe/Dun Dun in time with the pulse Move between different rhythms and breaks fluently Perform with technical proficiency Create their own breaks to be integrated into the class performance Learn to be the master drummer Focus on singing the correct pitches Attempt to sing in parts Respond to directions within a performance Perform with energy and enthusiasm Have the opportunity to sing as a soloist Choreograph their performances Learn to drum along to Umoja Learn to use logic pro/garage band (mac/iPad) learn to identify major and minor triads & play them on the keyboard Rhythm Karate - learn dotted crotchet Develop instrumental skills through whole class and small group tango performance Improvise over Tango pathways Learn to perform feeling good both vocally and on the keyboard Learn to scat sing using a limited number of pitches Learn to improvise on the keyboard Develop their instrumental skill through whole class small and group Feelin’ Good performances Learn about the civil rights mvt Learn about Nina Simone Learn to perform Hollis Brown Learn to perform I Wish I knew How it would feel to be free Learn to create a protest song inspired by Hollis Brown Learn about Bob Dylan Learn to perform Masters of War Learn to perform the lonesome death of hattie carroll.