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Music at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 7: Variations (exploring ways to develop musical ideas)

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About this unit

This unit develops pupils' ability to recognise, explore and make creative use of musical devices found in variation form.

During this unit pupils explore how musical ideas can be changed to create different moods and effects. They will explore a range of music in variation form from different times, identifying the main features of the music and the musical devices used by composers. These activities provide an intellectual challenge in assessing how far something can be changed before it is no longer recognisable.

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 variation form?
2. Exploration: how can we vary given musical material?
3. Exploration: how can we vary given musical material? (2)
4. Exploration: how can we vary given musical material? (3)
5. Exploration: how can we vary given musical material? (4)
6. Application: making our own variations (1)
7. Application: making our own variations (2)