Music Lessons

Music classes for everyone!

Each student receives weekly double lessons in performing arts during an app. nine-week module in Year 7 and one term in Year 8. This includes five disciplines:

1. Ukulele - playing four-chord progressions (various combinations of the chords C, G, Am and F). 

2.  Music Theory - reading and writing rhythm and pitch.

3. Music History - developing an understanding of classical (European), modern (North American) and Māori (Aoteroa New Zealand) genres of music and the instruments used.

4. Composition - learning to create music, using the four chords on the ukulele and the knowledge of theory.

5. Rhythm and Beat - channelling the theoretical rhythm learning into a physical forum, the body becomes an instrument and the rhythm learning becomes solidified. We learn the difference between a rhythm and a beat, and what the purposes for both are.

The nine weekly lessons taught in music are shared below for anyone who has been away from school to catch up on what's been going on in class. The slides are updated/changed each term to suit the classes and the modules.