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Music at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 13: Music and media (exploring how music is used)

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About this unit

This unit develops pupils' ability to recognise that music enhances a visual image or sells a product, and to compose their own examples.

During this unit pupils explore how music can convey ideas and communicate messages in a range of media. They investigate how music can create an effect and how various musical devices, together with other media, can convey a message. They identify how personal responses to music can be influenced by environments and by the use of musical elements and resources. They also compose, refine and record pieces in which a sense of time, place, mood or intention is essential.

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: how is music used?
2. Exploration: what effects can music create? (1)
3. Exploration: what effects can music create? (2)
4. Exploration: what effects can music create? (3)
5. Exploration: what effects can music create? (4)
6. Application: composing music to achieve an intended effect