St Andrews Senior School - Creative and Arts and Technology Faculty

Scheme of Work for Year 9 and Subject: Music

Week Content Learning Outcomes Activities Resources
1 Introduction to the
course

Aims, goals and
expectations

Overview of the
course and
software to use in
production
Identify the aims
and goals
State the
expectations
Install software
for use for their
composition

Taking notes
Discussion
Q&A

Syllabus
Laptop
Music Textbooks

2 Review of staff
(treble and bass)

Cancelling an
accidental




Define and
identify an
accidental

Cancel an
accidental
Taking notes
Discussion
Q&A

Laptop
Manuscript


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3 Test Answer questions
based of prior
knowledge




Sitting a test Question paper
Manuscript
Writing material
4 Degrees of the
scale and intervals









Define the
degrees of the
scale and
intervals
Do an exercise on
the above
Taking notes
Discussion
Q&A
Listening
Hands on approach
Laptop
Sibelius
Keyboard
Writing material
auralia

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5 Intervals continued Construct various
intervals as per
the questions
asked
Taking notes
Discussion
Q&A
Listening
Hands on approach
Laptop
Sibelius
Keyboard
Writing material
auralia
6 Test on degrees of
the scale and
intervals
Answer questions
on the test
Writing the test Question paper
Answer sheet
keyboard
7 The Tonic Triad



Create a tonic
triad based on
various degrees
of the scales

Taking notes
Discussion
Q&A
Listening
Hands on approach
Laptop
Sibelius
Keyboard
Writing material
auralia
8 performance Do a
performance
based on some of
the features on
degrees of the
scale, intervals
and the tonic
triad
Q&A
Listening
Hands on approach
Laptop
keyboard
9 Tonic triad test

Sit a test and
answer questions
on the topic
Writing the test Question paper
Answer sheet
keyboard

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10 History of western
Music Listening
Identify
characteristics of
Music from early
beginnings to
baroque period,
noting down
composers and
their
achievements

Taking notes
Discussion
Q&A
Listening

Audio content
Laptop
History of western music book
11 History of western
Music Listening
Identify
characteristics of
music from
classical to
romantic periods
noting down
composers and
their
achievements

Taking notes
Discussion
Q&A
Listening

Audio content
Laptop
History of western music book
12 Performance Perform in front
of the class
performance The instruments

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