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Long-Term Planning: Music KS3 Curriculum Map
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1 &2
Junk Percussion
Rhythm of Africa
Keyboard Studies
Instruments of the
Orchestra
Musical Theatre
Working example – Broomsticks
from Stomp
Working example – Yiri by Koko
Working example – Ode to Joy by
Beethoven
Crotchet, quaver, rest, pulse,
rhythm, semibreve, dynamics,
tempo, structure
Djembe, polyrhythm, melody,
harmony, structure, dynamics
Finger placement, C major, A-G,
scale, pitch, bars, stave, treble clef,
all rhythms
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Small Ensemble
Large Ensemble
Solo
Y
E
A
R
Reggae
Theme and Variation
Rap
Music for TV
Working example – TBC (Dennis
Brown)
Working example – TBC (Bach)
Working example – See You Again
Charlie Puth ft. Wiz Khalifa
Working example – Popeye
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E
A
R
Syncopation, ensemble, bassline,
chord, harmony, pitch,
Small Ensemble
8
Y
E
A
R
9
Theme, variation, bassline, octave
doubling, monophonic,
homophonic, sequence, note
addition, tonality (minor and
major) treble clef, bass line
Rhythm, diction, dynamics,
structure, lyrical meaning
Small Ensemble
Solo
Samba
Blues into Jazz Music
Working example – “Winter” from
Four Season by A. Vivaldi
Strings, brass, woodwind,
percussion, concerto, conductor,
symphony
Solo
Timing, cartooning, piano, forte,
crescendo, diminuendo, melody,
texture, structure, tempo, Scalic,
chromatic,
Projection, diction, tuning, harmony (thirds and fifths) , facial
expression, piano, forte, scales, call and response, syllabic,
melismatic
Small Ensemble
Cover Versions
Working example – TBC (Crazy by Gnarls Barkley)
Tonality, key signatures, time signatures, bassline, melody, cadence,
roman numerals, syllabic, melismatic, genres
Small Ensemble
Duet
The Piano Sonata
Working example – Buena Vista Working example – Dizzy Gillespie Working example – WA Mozart:
Social Club
y Machito: Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods Piano Sonata in C Major K 545, first
movement
Apito, polyrhythm, surdo, caixa, Heterophonic, blue note, extended
agogo bells, call and response,
chords, syncopation, substitute
chords, improvisation, chromatic
scale, semiquavers, solo
Working example – Jeliicle Cats from Cats
Major, minor, ternary, rondo,
imitation, sequence, cadence,
coda,
Music for the Big Screen
Popular Music
Working example – Iron Man 2
Theme Tune
Working example – Killer Queen
Soprano, alto, tenor, bass,
Homophony, ensemble, chord progression, key signatures, time
homophonic, antiphonic, pianissimo- signatures, modulation, extended chords, structure, lyrical meaning,
fortissimo, rallentando, mezzo forte,
middle 8, solo, harmony, rock, pop, disco, R ‘n’ B
Duet
Small Ensemble
Large Ensemble
Small Ensemble
Solo