Chapter Names
Classical
Electronic
Experimental
Film and television
Jazz and blues
Rock and pop
World

Chapter Aims

(Classical)
• To focus on how a melody is put together, concentrating on phrasing and implied harmony
• To perform, compose and listen, using musical examples taken from the western classical tradition
• To make use of music technology in a summative project

(Electronic)
• To introduce composing techniques that use the melodic line as a starting point
• To explore ways of employing these techniques through compositional projects
• To develop pupils’ listening skills as they examine how established composers employ these techniques, with a particular focus on electronic music

(Experimental)
• To introduce pitch, rhythm, the major scale, intervals, sequences
• To look at how melodies can be constructed

(Film and television)
• To examine the use of melodic material in film and television
• To learn how to work to a specific composition brief, and craft an effective melody for screen
• To use music technology in composing, improvising and performing tasks, and for examining the relationship between music and the moving image

(Jazz and blues)
• To understand how major and minor scales work
• To explore melodies built on scalic patterns
• To use the aeloian and dorian modes
• To learn about jazz and blues compositional techniques

(Rock and pop)
• To examine scalic melodies, melodic movement, sequence and repetition
• To explore and perform melodic ideas typical in rock
• To compose, perform and assess a rock piece

(World)
• To explore traditional music from the British Isles and southern Spain
• To look at traditions, instruments and characteristics of style
• To learn about scales and modes, and how these are used to create melodies, through listening, performing, improvisation and composition exercises.

Lesson Names

(Classical)
1. Arpeggios and broken chords
2. Arpeggios and broken chords in series
3. Inserting passing and auxiliary notes
4. Phrasing and cadence points I
5. Points of melodic climax
6. Phrasing and cadence points II
7. Creating rhythmic interest
8. More on sequences
9. Augmentation and diminution
10. Melodic extension
11. Music technology project I
12. Music technology project II

(Electronic)
1. Introduction to ostinato
2. Ostinato patterns I
3. Ostinato patterns II
4. Ostinato patterns III
5. Riffs
6. Inversion
7. Electronic pop music
8. Melodic cells I
9. Melodic cells II
10. Melodic cells III
11. Composing project I
12. Composing project II

(Experimental)
1. Introduction to melody
2. Steps and leaps
3. Intervals I
4. Intervals II
5. Balancing act
6. Creating a climax
7. Architectural music I
8. Architectural music II
9. Chance melodies I
10. Chance melodies II
11. Chance melodies II
12. Assessment

(Film and television)
1. Why is melody important?
2. How long does the theme have to be?
3. Writing a good theme tune I
4. Writing a good theme tune II
5. The role of melodies in film
6. Drama and tension I (themes)
7. Drama and tension II (motifs)
8. Scoring project I (tension building)
9. Scoring project II (tension building)
10. Representing time and place
11. Representing people and character
12. Melody in film

(Jazz and blues)
1. Exploring scales I
2. Exploring scales II
3. Introduction to modes
4. Performing with the dorian mode
5. Improvising with the dorian mode
6. Improvising with the aeolian mode
7. Background history of jazz and blues
8. Blue notes
9. Melody lines in jazz
10. Composing project I
11. Composing project II
12. Composing project III

(Rock and pop)
1. Scalic melodies I
2. Scalic melodies II
3. A simple melody
4. Extending a simple melody
5. Performing Jailhouse Rock
6. Adding variety to a melody
7. Rock and roll performance
8. Rock and roll improvisation
9. The dorian mode
10. Rock composition in the dorian mode
11. Develop, perform and assess
12. Listening exercise

(World)
1. Celtic music I – introduction
2. Celtic music II – pentatonic scale
3. Celtic music III – Welsh folk song
4. Celtic music IV – dance
5. Celtic music V – performing a song
6. Celtic music VI – melodic construction
7. Celtic music VII – composing a melody
8. Flamenco music I – introduction
9. Flamenco music II – sound and structure
10. Flamenco music III – improvisation
11. Flamenco music IV – ornamentation
12. Listening exercise

Lesson Descriptions

(Classical)
1. Building triads, exploring chord series
2. Exploring well-known melodies, composing exercise
3. Recognition, embellishing melodies
4. Melodic shape, introduction to cadences
5. Range, tessitura and compass, sketching melodic shapes
6. Perfect, imperfect and interrupted cadences
7. Rhythmic variation
8. Examining and notating musical patterns
9. Exploring the rhythmic principles
10. Extending phrases and interval widths
11. Composing a melody in the style of Mozart
12. Completing compositions and peer assessment

(Electronic)
1. An initial exploration of ostinato
2. Exploring ostinato patterns through practical classroom work
3. Playing ostinato patterns in ensembles
4. Developing ostinato work using a sequencer
5. Creating riffs for pre-composed music
6. Learning how to use inversion when composing
7. A listening exercise, comparing two pieces of music
8. Composing musical fragments for use in subsequent lessons
9. Combining fragments and performing
10. Learning about permutations and combinations
11. The first stage of a project to compose using different textures
12. The concluding part of the composition project

(Experimental)
1. Introducing pitch, rhythm and the major scale
2. Familiarising pupils with melodic patterns
3. Identifying and recognising intervals
4. Using serial techniques to compose a simple melody
5. Balanced phrases and palindromes
6. Phrase structure, sequence
7. Working given melodic material into a musical paragraph
8. Graphic scores, performance and discussion
9. Introducing aleatoric music
10. Selecting intervals to fit given isorhythmic patterns
11. Completing composition work from the previous lesson
12. Round-up of material, aural tests, quiz

(Film and television)
1. Moods and genres; representing time and place; characterisation
2. Themes versus motifs; pacing, tension and emotion
3. Composition exercise capturing mood and genre; writing to a brief
4. Completion of composition exercise, performance of melodies
5. Understanding the relationship between the audio and visual; underscoring
6. Register and instrumentation; climax
7. Repetition and climax
8. Tension building; composing to a brief
9. Completion, presentation and assessment
10. Looking at different types of melodic themes
11. Character themes
12. Listening test

(Jazz and blues)
1. How a scale is constructed
2. Major and minor keys
3. Understanding the concept of modes
4. Performing jazz in the dorian mode
5. Gaining confidence in improvisation
6. Developing improvisational skills further
7. The development of jazz and blues in America
8. Developing an aural awareness of pitch bend
9. Improving students’ aural perception of jazz melody lines
10. Exploring how to set lyrics to music
11. Setting words to a blues melody
12. Performance and appraisal of the finished work

(Rock and pop)
1. Constructing melodies from scales; performance and listening work
2. Performing El Condor Pasa; melodies moving by step
3. Melodic movement by steps, leaps and repeated notes
4. Sequence and repetition to develop melodic ideas; melodic contour
5. Exploring melodic ideas typical in rock and roll; blues scale and shuffle rhythm
6. Repetition, question and answer; variation
7. Ensemble performance of a typical rock and roll backing
8. Improvising using the blues scale
9. Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles; structure of dorian mode
10. Composing using a given chord pattern; sequencer or live performance
11. Finishing the composition and performing; assessment of work
12. Identifying features of melodies

(World)
1. Traditional Irish and Scottish music: styles, instruments and background
2. Traditional Irish and Scottish music: pentatonic scale
3. Welsh folk music; harmonic minor scale
4. Types of dance in instrumental Celtic music; dorian mode
5. Listening to and singing a traditional Scottish song
6. Melodic construction, phrasing and development
7. Using scales or modes to create a melody
8. Characteristics of the style; the instruments, background and traditions
9. The sound of the phrygian mode, and its use in flamenco music
10. Devising a melody in flamenco style using the phrygian mode
11. Embellishing the melody in flamenco music
12. Identifying origins, scales and modes

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