Year 9 Learning

In Year 9 students can select a pathway to follow. The music production pathway builds the necessary skills needed for Key Stage 4 success. Students will explore how to record audio in the studio, and mix audio using EQ, FX, balance, panning, and processors. Students will explore how to build and produce a whole music track looking at EDM and understand how to compose for a film by exploring different techniques. Students will study grade 1 and 2 theory to have a firm understanding of the fundamentals of music.

Term	Topic	Key Content
Autumn	Rhythm and texture: drumming music	Layer up parts and using technology Explore a range of drumming music from around the world (Djembe, samba and modern dance drum beats) Compose, perform and produce your own rhythm on drums and Logic Pro Create drum beats and dance music using Logic Pro
Autumn	Composition: Protest songs	Learn how to respond to a brief Develop Logic Pro skills to record and produce your music Explore chords and riffs to build your composition skills Discover how music can be used as a form of expression and to support a cause
Spring	Production: Video game music	Explore existing video game music and how it is used to enhance the experience Compose a piece of video game music influenced by a popular video games Explore adaptive music and the impact on players Develop your production skills to add effects, mix and master
Summer	Responding to a brief: arranging production	Understand the client, target audience, aims, and objectives of the brief Choose, research and listen to a style for your production Create an arrangement that fulfills the brief using harmony, timbre, rhythm, texture and melody Explore how to arrange a piece of music into a different style

Year 9 Knowledge

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Year 9 Learning

Music

March 2025