Year 8 Arts & Design

In this lesson, we will look at wonderful blues singing and how the artist can show the emotion of the lyrics through the way they sing. We will also have the opportunity to write our own blues verse.

In this lesson, we will understand why improvisation in blues music is so important. We will learn how to improvise confidently in longer musical phrases.

In this lesson, we will understand why primary chords are so special, and what a turnaround chord is. We will enjoy performing a 12 bar blues chord sequence.

In this lesson, we will consolidate our understanding of structures. We will learn how to create an arrangement of Pachelbel's (and our own) melodies and place these in a sophisticated structure.

In this lesson, we will learn all about different Baroque structures. We will explore how to combine our own ideas with Pachelbel's Canon in a variety of structures, such as binary, ternary and rondo.