1. Year 7 Music
Elements of Music
Term 1

2. LESSON 1 Key Questions: What is Sound? What is Music?
Learning Objective:
Understand what music is
Key Words:
Timbre
Success Criteria:
Explain what sound is
Explain what music is
Identify instruments within aural exercises

3. Listening & Appraising Entry I can show the ability to work in a team
Level
Music Strand 1
Composing 2
Performing 3
Listening & Appraising
Entry
I can show the ability to work in a team
I can make a limited contribution to a team composition
I can participate in the group composition process
I can order sounds in a creative way
I can participate in a simple singing task
I can follow basic instructions when performing
I can repeat a basic two note ostinato
I can sing a simple tune in an ensemble
I can demonstrate co-ordination on an instrument
I can perform simple patterns on untuned percussion
I can identify different sound sources
I can recognise high and low sounds
I can recognise some simple instrument sounds
I know when a piece is loud or quiet
I can share my own ideas in group tasks
I can select appropriate sounds for compositions
I can explore repeating patterns
I can sing with some accuracy of pitch
I can repeat simple patterns
(clapping/untuned percussion)
I can recognise a range of instrumental sounds
I know some music elements
I can improvise repeated patterns
I can share a range of ideas in group tasks
I can create simple compositions which have a sense of structure
I can work within the given time allocation
I can sing in tune with reasonable fluency and accuracy
I can perform simple parts on the keyboard (note guide + one finger) and tuned percussion (one beater)
I can keep in time with others
I can perform by ear and from simple notations
I can recognise a variety of different instrument sounds, knowing instrument families
I can recognise basic musical symbols
(treble clef, stave etc.)
I know a range of musical elements
I can make some improvements to my own work
I can improvise simple melodic/rhythmic phrases with a small set of given notes
I can create compositions which explore different sounds and the musical elements
I can develop composition ideas in rehearsal time
I can compose using a variety of notations
I can sing in tune and with expression
I can demonstrate reasonable confidence in performances
I know some notes on a musical stave and read fairly accurately from a score with note names
I can keep my own part going in a group performance
I can perform simple patterns on the keyboard and tuned percussion with reasonable fluency and accuracy
I know the notes of the keyboard, with the aid of a note guide
I know the musical elements and can recognise some in listening tasks
I can recognise rhythmic musical symbols (crotchets, minims etc.)
I have a basic understanding of notation
I can suggest improvements to my own and others' work

4. What is sound?

5. What is sound?
Vibrating Air

6. What is music?

7. What is music?
Organised Sound

8. Understand the elements of music - RHYTHM
Key Questions:
What is Sound?
What is Music?
What is Rhythm?
LESSON 2
Learning Objective:
Understand the elements of music - RHYTHM
Key Words:
Timbre
Ostinato
Syncopation
Success Criteria:
E: Follow simple instructions whilst performing
E: Perform simple patterns
1: Repeat simple patterns
2: Keep in time with others
3:Demonstrate confidence in performance
3:Keep own part going

9. What is sound?

10. What is sound?
Vibrating Air

11. What is music?

12. What is music?
Organised Sound

13. What is rhythm?

14. Organised Sound in time
What is rhythm?
Organised Sound in time

15. Understand the elements of music - MELODY
Key Questions:
What is Sound?
What is Music?
What is Rhythm?
What is Melody?
LESSON 3
Lesson Objective:
Understand the elements of music - MELODY
Key Words:
Timbre
Ostinato
Syncopation
Major
Minor
Pentatonic
Success Criteria:
E: Follow simple instructions whilst performing
E: Perform simple patterns
1: Repeat simple patterns
2: Keep in time with others
3:Demonstrate confidence in performance
3:Keep own part going

16. Understand the elements of music
Key Questions:
What is Sound?
What is Music?
What is Rhythm?
What is Melody?
What is Texture?
What are Dynamics?
LESSON 4
Learning Objective:
Understand the elements of music
Key Words:
Timbre
Ostinato
Syncopation
Major
Minor
Texture
Dynamics
Success Criteria:
E: Follow simple instructions whilst performing
E: Perform simple patterns
1: Repeat simple patterns
2: Keep in time with others
3:Demonstrate confidence in performance
3:Keep own part going

17. LESSON 5 Key Questions: What is Sound? What is Music? What is Rhythm?
What is Melody?
What is Texture?
What are Dynamics?
LESSON 5
Learning Objective:
Understand the elements of music
ASSESSMENT LESSON:
THEORY & LISTENING SHEET
Key Words:
Timbre
Ostinato
Syncopation
Major
Minor
Texture
Dynamics
Success Criteria:
Listening
E: identify some sounds and know one key word
1: identify some sounds and know some key words
2: identify many sounds and know all key words

18. LESSON 6 Key Questions: What is Sound? What is Music? What is Rhythm?
What is Melody?
What is Texture?
What are Dynamics?
LESSON 6
Lesson Objective:
Understand the elements of music
ASSESSMENT LESSON: PERFORMANCE
Key Words:
Timbre
Ostinato
Syncopation
Major
Minor
Texture
Dynamics
Success Criteria:
Performance
E: demonstrate co-ordination on instrument, perform simple pattern
2: follow basic instructions, keep in time, follow simple notation, perform simple part
3: demonstrate confidence and keep going

19. Perform as part of an ensemble
Key Questions:
What is Rap?
LESSON 7
Lesson Objective:
Perform as part of an ensemble
Key Words:
Rap
Style
Ensemble
Success Criteria:
A good confident performance that shows an understanding of style and rhythm

20. Now this is a story all about how my life got twisted upside down and I’d like to take a minute just sit right there,
I’ll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Air
In west Philadelphia born and raised
on the playground was where I spent most of my days
chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool and
shootin some b-ball outside of school
when a couple of guys who were up to no good
started making trouble in my neighbourhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
she said your moving in with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air

21. I begged and pleaded with her day after day but she packed my suitcase and sent me on my way, she gave me a kiss and she gave me a ticket, I put my walkman on and said I might as well kick it!
First class yo this is bad Drinking orange juice out of a champagne glass Is this what the people of Bel-Air live like? Hmm this might be all right
I whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said FRESH and it had dice in the mirror If anything I can say that this cab was rare But I thought naw forget it yo homes to Bel-Air I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8 And I yelled to the cabby "Yo homes smell ya later" I looked at my kingdom I was finally there To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air

22. What is sound?

23. What is sound?
Vibrating Air

24. What is music?

25. What is music?
Organised Sound

26. What is rhythm?

27. Organised Sound in time
What is rhythm?
Organised Sound in time

28. What is melody?

29. Expression without Words
What is melody?
Expression without Words

30. What is Texture?

31. What is Texture?
The Layers of Music

32. What are dynamics?

33. What are dynamics?
Volume of the Music