10MUS

Year 10 Music

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: N. Baldwin.

Performance: Keyboard and guitar and/or a specialist instrument study in the form of one group performance and one solo performance.
Composition: Composing your own music.
Music in Context: Surveying the history of Western Art Music from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Aural: Recognising styles and genres from the whole history of Western art music.
Developing skills with chords, melody and rhythm.
Theory: Music reading skills and studies of music in context.

Music Technology: Exploring the use of Sibelius (music notation software) and MixCraft (digital audio workstation)


Recommended Prior Learning

Open entry - This course is designed for students who have had little or no formal music tuition.

Pathway