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Music at key stage 3    (Year 9)

Unit 15: Song (exploring songs and the use of music technology)

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About this unit

In this unit, pupils learn to recognise and understand how composers structure songs and how instrumental arrangements can play an important part in the success of popular songs. They learn to create their own songs, working within fixed parameters. They also learn how music technology can be used to structure, shape, arrange and provide a backing to popular songs.

This unit develops pupils' ability to evaluate, explore, compose and perform different songs with understanding of musical devices, structures, processes and cultural influences.

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: is song a universal genre?
2. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (1)
3. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (2)
4. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (3)
5. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (4)
6. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (5)
7. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (6)
8. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (7)
9. Exploration: what makes a song popular? (8)
10. Application: writing a song (1)
11. Application: writing a song (2)
12. Application: writing a song (3)
13. Application: writing a song (4)
14. Application: writing a song (5)
15. Application: writing a song (6)