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Year 10 Curriculum Information Booklet 2017-2018

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Music<br />

Unit 1 -Areas of Study<br />

Students will study the following:<br />

Instrumental Music – 1700 – 1820<br />

Vocal Music<br />

Music for Stage and Screen<br />

Fusions<br />

Two set works are to be studied in each of<br />

these areas.<br />

Unit 2 – Performing<br />

Students will study the following:<br />

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Solo performance<br />

Ensemble performance<br />

Approaches to performing<br />

Which must be for a total combined time<br />

of more than four minutes<br />

Students must make use of a variety of<br />

musical elements including:<br />

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<br />

<br />

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Organisation of pitch<br />

Tonality<br />

Structure<br />

Sonority<br />

Texture<br />

Tempo, metre and rhythm<br />

Dynamics<br />

Unit 3 – Composing<br />

Students will submit two compositions, of<br />

a combined duration of at least three<br />

minutes. This will include:<br />

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Response to a set brief<br />

Free composition<br />

Students must make use of a variety of<br />

musical elements including:<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Organisation of pitch<br />

Tonality<br />

Structure<br />

Sonority<br />

Texture

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