Key Stage 3 Music - Music for Soundscapes

In this topic you will learn how Music for "Soundscapes" uses:

• Different instruments with distinctive timbres
• Rhythm as note duration
• Texture
• Simple Melodic/chromatic patterns
• Specific to the mood that the music is trying to create

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Explain how happy and sad moods are created in music.
• Compose a short piece of music that accurately reflects a mood in a piece of art.
• Use a variety of musical features to express a chosen mood, including instrumental timbres, rhythm and textures.
• Use short melodic ideas that work with supporting harmony.

3

• You can improvise and develop musical ideas.
• You can choose and combine musical ideas to match the mood.
• You can describe how a piece of art can influence the piece of music.

4

• You can tell me how combined layers can work together.
• You understand how layers fit together and can create an overall effect to match the chosen mood.
• You can compose simple rhythmic and melodic ideas.
• You can describe, compare and evaluate the music found in 'soundscapes' using the correct musical vocabulary.

5

• You are able to analyse and compare musical features when listening to a piece of 'soundscape' music.
• You are able to compose and improvise within a given structure on keyboards.
• You can identify and explain to me how different musical devices can reflect a mood.
• You are able to refine and improve your work on your own.

6

• You can compose using dynamics, tempo, texture and timbre effectively and in keeping with the chosen mood.
• You can improvise and compose stylistically for different moods.
• You are able to evaluate how the music reflects the chosen mood.
• You are able to suggest improvements to yours and others' work.