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Notation and Keyboard Skills Part 2
Upon starting Year 8 we will continue to sing in every lesson as we did in year 7.
We are going to start the year by further developing our knowledge of music notation. This will include starting to read the bass clef. We are also going to continue developing our skills on the piano that we began in year 7.
We will further explore harmony, looking at chords, tonality, scales and how this affects musical moods.
We will start to use chord inversions and begin to move our hands more around the keyboard.
The Blues and Music Technology: Sequencing and Production
We go back in time and explore the history of Blues music. We start by looking at how the music evolved from the spirituals of slavery to our modern understanding of Blues.
We then study the key features of Blues music, looking at the 12 Bar Blues structure, walking bass lines, blues scales, improvisation, call and response, lyrics, etc. We also learn how to play a Blues song incorporating these different elements.
We aren't quite ready to leave the blues yet so students will spend a few week using our technology suite to sequence a Blues Performance incorporating chords, bass line, rhythm and improvised melody.
Pentatonics!
From here we travel around the world to China where we explore the role of the pentatonic scale in music. We learn how to play a a song that fits into this theme and then students will work towards completing their own compositions that use the Chinese tradition and pentatonic scale.
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