Perform music in a range of styles by: Developing a range of advanced musical, interpretive and technical skills showing a clear understanding and sensitivity to the composers’ intentions. Critically self-reflecting and evaluating the quality and accuracy of their performing and refining their performing skills. Demonstrate your solo performing skills on two selected instruments. Perform a variety of pieces in contrasting styles on each instrument. Identify strengths and areas for development in performing. Show understanding of musical concepts and language in reflective discussion. Audio/video recordings Oral and written COMPOSING UNIT Unit Outcomes Requirements of Unit Assessment Evidence Create original music by: Analysing how a range of advanced compositional methods and music concepts are used by composers for specific effect and the contexts which influenced their work. Experimenting and using complex music concepts and compositional methods in creative and sophisticated ways to create, develop and refine original music. Developing musical ideas which make musical sense and realise their creative intentions. Study music by various composers. Identify concepts and how they are used. Come up with basic musical ideas. Make improvements on initial ideas. Demonstrate the ability to compose successfully (see additional checklist) Annotated scores and homework exercises Written music and audio recordings Record of progress Written music and audio recording Record of progress and checklist
Identifying and analysing the use of level specific and other music concepts, signs and symbols in excerpts of music Analysing and form, melody, harmony and rhythm and the impact of social and cultural influences on the development of music. Understand and recognise musical terms and concepts through listening Show a knowledge of the background to specific styles of music. this knowledge to more study of musical styles. Demonstrate musical literacy and knowledge of musical symbols and signs. Listening exercises and end of unit tests Essays/Powerpoint presentations Worksheets COURSE ASSESSMENT Component Requirements Assessment depth
Blues Jazz Rock Pop Rock‘n’roll Musical Scottish Latin American Ascending Descending Step (stepwise) Leap (leaping) Repetition Sequence Question and answer Improvisation Chord Discord Chord change Beat/pulse Bar 2, 3 or 4 beats in the bar On the beat /off the beat Repetition Slower/faster Pause March Reel Waltz Drum fill Adagio Allegro Unison/octave Harmony/chord Solo Accompanied/ unaccompanied Repetition Ostinato Riff Striking (hitting) Blowing Bowing Strumming Plucking Orchestra – strings, brass, woodwind and percussion (tuned and untuned) Accordion Fiddle Bagpipes Acoustic guitar Electric guitar Piano Organ Drum kit Steel band Scottish dance band Folk group Voice/Choir Staccato Legato Literacy Lines and spaces of the treble clef Steps Repetition Crotchet Minim Dotted Semibreve Barlines Double barlines f – forte p – < cresc (crescendo) > dim (diminuendo) NATIONAL 4 Styles Melody/Harmony Rhythm/Tempo Texture/ Structure/Form Timbre/ Dynamics Baroque Ragtime Romantic Swing Concerto Opera Scots ballad Mouth music Reggae African music Rapping Major/minor (tonality) Drone Broken chord Arpeggio Chord progression chords I, IV and V keys) Change of key Pedal Pentatonic scale Octave Vamp Scat singing Ornament Syncopation Scotch snap Strathspey Jig Simple time 2 3 4 4 4 4 Compound time Anacrusis Andante Accelerando Rallentando A tempo Dotted rhythms Canon Ternary (ABA) Verse and chorus Middle 8 Theme and variation Cadenza Imitation Brass band Wind band Violin Cello Double bass Harp Flute Clarinet Saxophone Pan pipes Recorder Tambourine Glockenspiel Trumpet Trombone Timpani Snare drum Bass drum Cymbals Triangle Guiro Xylophone Harpsichord Bass guitar Distortion Muted Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Backing vocals Literacy Treble clef stave C-A’ Sequences Semiquaver Grouped semiquavers Paired quavers Repeat signs mf — forte mp — mezzo piano NATIONAL 5
Styles Melody/Harmony Rhythm/Tempo Texture/ Structure/Form Timbre/ Dynamics Symphony Gospel Classical Pibroch Celtic rock Bothy ballad Waulking song Gaelic psalm Aria Chorus Minimalist Indian Chord progressions including chord VI (major keys) Imperfect cadence Perfect cadence Inverted pedal Chromatic Whole tone scale Grace note Contrary motion Countermelody Tone/semitone Modulation Trill Glissando Syllabic Melismatic Descant (voice) Pitch bend Atonal Cluster Rubato Ritardando Moderato Cross rhythms Compound time — 6 9 12 8 8 8 Strophic Binary (AB) Rondo (ABACA…) Episode Alberti bass Walking bass Ground bass Homophonic Polyphonic Contrapuntal Coda Piccolo Oboe Bassoon (French) horn Tuba Viola Castanets Hi-hat Cymbals Bongo drums Clarsach Bodhran Sitar Tabla Arco pizzicato Con sordino Flutter tonguing Rolls Reverb Mezzo soprano Baritone A cappella Literacy Tones, semitones Accidentals (flats, sharps and naturals) Scales and key signatures: C G major, F major and A minor Chords: C major, G major, F major and A minor Leaps Dotted rhythms Dotted crotchet Dotted quaver Scotch snap 1st and 2nd time bars ff — fortissimo pp — pianissimo sfz — sforzando HIGHER Styles Melody/Harmony Rhythm/Tempo Texture/Structure/Form Sonata Oratorio Impressionist Musique concrete Plainchant Mass String quartets Recitative Chamber music Jazz funk Soul Relative major/minor Interval Obbligato (instrumental) Acciaccatura Mordent Plagal cadence Interrupted cadence Tierce de Picardie Dominant 7th Diminished 7th Added 6th Harmonic minor scale Melodic minor scale 3 against 2 Time changes Irregular time signatures Augmentation Diminution Through-composed Da capo aria Lied Passacaglia Concerto grosso Sonata form Exposition Subject Basso continuo Ritornello Tremolando Harmonics Coloratura Ripieno Concertino String quartet Literacy Bass clef (E–C) Note naming and transposing into bass clef Chords I, IV, V and VI in and minor keys Diminished Dominant Naming and writing diatonic intervals formed from the tonic 6 8 time Quavers Crotchets Dotted crotchets Dotted minims Triplets Rests: Quaver Crotchet Dotted crotchet Minim Semibreve Da capo (DC) Slurs Accents Staccato marks Phrase marks ADVANCED HIGHER