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Music at key stage 3    (Year 7)

Unit 6: Shanty time (exploring musical arrangements)

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About this unit

This unit develops pupils' ability to analyse and create their own arrangements.

During this unit pupils learn to make arrangements of existing material. They listen and analyse other composers' arrangements and consider the various compositional devices used. They also develop and rehearse their own 'class orchestra' and perform their own arrangements.

This unit is expected to take 5-14 hours.


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Introduction: what is an arrangement?
2. Exploration: how can we make our own arrangement? (1)
3. Exploration: how can we make our own arrangement? (3)
4. Application: Making an arrangement
5. Making an arrangement (2)