Year 9 Samba Drumming Autumn 1 or 2
Autumn 2 or 1
Spring 1&2
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.
Skills, students will… • Learn to play the various samba instruments in time with the pulse during complicated polyrhythms • Move between different rhythms and breaks fluently • Perform with technical proficiency on a range of instruments • Create their own breaks to be integrated into the class performance • Learn to lead the Samba Ensemble • Perform choreography during their performance
Students will learn to sing Mas Que Nada Students will learn to play Bingo Bango
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Focus on singing the correct pitches Attempt to sing in parts Perform with energy and enthusiasm Have the opportunity to sing as a soloist Choreograph their performances Learn to play bingo bang using a mixture of samba and Big Band instrumentation
Start a Band (Popular Song)
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Compose a song in small groups - intro-verse-chorus-verse-bridge-chorus Take the lead in their own learning Choose their own group Develop instrumental skills on their own BB instrument or another instrument of their choice
Samba Singing & Playing
• Learn to play ITHOTMK - developing their instrumental skills
Summer 1
In the Hall of the Mountain King • Learn about the accompanying story and acquire a knowledge of programme music
Students will learn to perform In the Hall of the • Study the instruments of the orchestra and how timbres combine Mountain King on their chosen instrument (BB, • Learn how to conduct in 4/4 and 3/4 keyboard, Percussion)
• Develop a whole class composition using intervals to help tell a story
Silent Film Music Summer 2
Each student will compose their own underscore to a given piece of silent film IF TIME Students could make their own films on which to base their compositions
• Learn about the power of music to guide emotion in film music • Write their own piece of film music to accompany a clip • Make timbral and intervallic decisions to help tell the story