Week Dates Year 10 - Music Home Learning

Appraising Composing Performing

1 5th Sept
2 11th Sept Crash course in music theory: Composing exercises related to Solo performance
Note values theory: Intro to software
3 18th Sept Note values/rhythmic dictation Create rhythms and notate
4 25th Sept Simple time signatures Exercises in different time sigs
5 2nd Oct Compound time signatures Create rhythm, and notate, with time sig

6 9th Oct Treble clef/intervals RH melody

7 16th Oct Bass clef LH accompaniment Performance assessment

8 30th Oct Crash course in music theory: Composing exercises related to Ensemble performance: Teacher
Treble/bass clef/melodic dictation theory: chosen groups/pieces
9 6th Nov Major scales Major section
10 13th Nov Harmonic minor scales Minor section
11 20th Nov Melodic minor scales Return to major section - ABA/sonata
12 27th Nov Terms and signs Completion of work
13 4th Dec Test! Composition assessment Performance assessment
14 12th Dec Introduction to Areas of Study: Composing exercises linked to Solo performance: film music
listening skills Areas of Study: solo violin
exercise in style of Bach
15 19th Dec Star Wars Episode IV: A New Exercise on a ground bass
Hope main title

16 8th Jan Star Wars Episode IV: A New Bach/ground bass assessment Wider listening task
Hope main title
17 15th Jan Star Wars Episode IV: A New Film soundtrack exercise Revision sheet on Williams
Hope main title
18 22rd Jan Beethoven Pathetique Pop song exercise with chord sequence
19 29th Jan Beethoven Pathetique Film/pop song assessment Wider listening task
20 5th Feb Beethoven Pathetique Plan free composition Performance assessment Revision sheet on Beethoven

21 19th Feb Afro-Celt Sound System Free composition, interspersed Ensemble performance: Teacher
with composing exercises chosen groups/pieces - rock/folk
where necessary: Free music
composition
22 26th Feb Afro-Celt Sound System Free composition Wider listening task
23 5th Mar Afro-Celt Sound System Free composition Revision sheet on Afro-Celt
24 12th Mar Purcell - Music for a while Free composition
25 29th Mar Purcell - Music for a while Interim assessment Wider listening task
26 26th Mar Purcell - Music for a while Free composition Performance assessment Revision sheet on Purcell

27 16th Apr Schwartz Defying Gravity Free composition: Free Solo performance: musical theatre
composition
28 23th Apr Schwartz Defying Gravity Free composition Wider listening task
29 30th Apr Schwartz Defying Gravity Interim assessment Revision sheet on Schwartz
30 7th May Bach - Brandenburg No. 5 m. 3 Free composition
31 14th May Bach - Brandenburg No. 5 m. 3 Free composition Wider listening task
32 21st May Bach - Brandenburg No. 5 m. 3 Free composition Performance assessment Revision sheet on Bach

33 4th June Esperanza Spalding Free composition: Free Ensemble performance: Teacher
composition chosen groups/songs - Queen
34 11th June Esperanza Spalding Interim assessment Wider listening task
35 18th June Esperanza Spalding Free composition Revision sheet on Esperanza Spalding
36 25th June Queen - Killer Queen Free composition
37 2nd July Queen - Killer Queen Free composition Wider listening task
38 9th July Queen - Killer Queen Composition final assessment Performance assessment Revision sheet on Queen
39 16th July Synoptic assessment!