• Working with loops & samples
• Inputting sound using MIDI and/or audio recording
• Working with video files
• Core technical skills – changing tempo, time signature etc.
• Editing tracks – fade in/out, splitting, removing spillage
• Use of effects & automation – reverb, delay, EQ, volume, panning

• Creating original music – pentatonic melody, riffs, layering loops, Blues

S1 – half year only on rotation

S2

S3*

Working with loops, MIDI input & editing

News Broadcast or Rap

Recording Techniques

Video Games

Project 1: Soundscapes

Creative project working with Pushpads

Audiobook

Project 2: Personalisation

Listening: Musical Styles

Creative project – Blues

Term

S1

S2

S3

August – October

Practical assessment: (Creative project assessed against core skills & self-evaluation)

Practical assessment:

(Creative project & skills check)

Written assessment:

(Cables, mic’s and recording techniques)

October - Christmas

Practical assessment:

Creative project

Written assessment:

(Music Technology Concepts)

Practical assessment:

Creative project

January – April

Practical assessment: (Creative project assessed against core skills & self-evaluation)

Practical assessment:

(Creative project & skills check)

Practical assessment:

Creative project with write-up

Listening assessment:

(Music styles)

April – change of timetable

Practical assessment:

(Creative project & self-evaluation)