Secondary/Key Stage 3 Unit

Learning, Listening, Composing & Evaluating Activities

In this unit, pupils explore the genre of popular song, learning how different artists and groups have created different musical arrangements of the same song. Pupils learn about different musical devices used in popular songs including how the different structural elements are sequenced horizontally to produce the classic form of a popular song, as well as how different textural layers combine vertically showing awareness of the different parts used in a popular song. Pupils explore hooks and riffs and learn about their function within popular songs. The unit ends with a choice of pathways building on skills, knowledge and understanding of learning during the unit – teachers can choose whether pupils spend the final two lessons composing their own popular song or whether to allow pupils to perform their own arrangement of a popular song from a wealth of options given.


Song Sheet 1 - Three Lions Score 22 - Three Lions Full Score (Song Example on Audio 6) (MIDI 1 - Ostinato A; MIDI 2 - Ostinato B; MIDI 3 - Verse with Melody, Chords and Bass Line)	Song Sheet 2 - England/Vindaloo Score 23 - England/Vindaloo Full Score (Song Example on Audio 7) (MIDI 4 - Melody, Accompaniment, Chords and Bass Line)	Score 1 - Stand by Me (Song Example on Audio 3) (MIDI 5 -Bass Line; MIDI 6 - Chords; MIDI 7 - Bass Line & Chords together; MIDI 8 - Percussion Rhythms; MIDI 9 - Bass Line, Chords & Percussion Rhythms together; MIDI 10 - Bridge Melody; MIDI 11 - Counter Melody)

Score 2 - Performing the Riff and Melody to “Praise You” Song Sheet 3 - “Praise You” (Song Example on Audio 10) (MIDI 12 - “Praise You” Riff; MIDI 13 - “Praise You” Melody)	Score 24 - Riffs & Hooks from Popular Songs (Riff examples on Audio 13) (MIDI 14 - Riff from “Bitter Sweet Symphony”; MIDI 15 - Riff from “Glory Box”)	Song Sheet 5 - Love is All Around Score 5 - Love is All Around (MIDI 16 - Song Melody & Melody Line; MIDI 17 - Chords; MIDI 18 - Bass Line; MIDI 19 - All parts together)

Song Sheet 6 - “I’ll be There for You” Score 6 - “I’ll be There for You” (MIDI 20 - Song Melody & Melody Line; MIDI 21 - Chords; MIDI 22 - Bass Line; MIDI 23 - All parts together)


Worksheet 1 Listening to Types and Styles of Songs (Uses Audio 1)	Worksheet 2 Making Arrangements (Uses Audio 2)	Worksheet 3 - Listening to Arrangements of “Stand by Me” (Uses Audios 3 & 4)		Worksheet 4 Stand by Me Evaluation Sheet	Worksheet 5 The Drum Kit	Worksheet 6 Listening to Arrangements of “Killing me Softly” (Uses Audio 5)

Worksheet 7 Listening to “Vindaloo” (Uses Audio 7)	Worksheet 8 Listening to “Wannabe” (Uses Audio 8)	Worksheet 9 Listening to “Wayfaring Stranger” (Uses Audio 9)	Worksheet 10 Listening to “Comfortably Numb” (Uses Audio 14)	Worksheet 11 Listening to “Give me One Reason” (Uses Audio 15)	Worksheet 12 Composing a Popular Song	Worksheet 13 Popular Song Lyrics Bank


Cover/Homework 1 Popular Song Keywords Word Search	Cover/Homework 2 Pop Groups & Artists from the 1960’s onwards Word Search	Cover/Homework 3 Popular Song in the 1970’s Picture Matching	Cover/Homework 4 Popular Song of the 1960’s Word Search	Cover/Homework 5 Popular Song Word Search	Cover/Homework 6 1980’s Match the Artist Quiz	Cover/Homework 7 Music Technology - The Recording Studio

Cover/Homework 8 The Drum Kit	Cover/Homework 9 Song Writing: Recording and Selling your Song

Learning, Listening, Composing & Evaluating Activities

Starter & Plenary Activities

Performing Activities - Songs & Scores

Supporting Activities - Cover & Homework

Old Style Performing Songs & Scores (will be updated at a later date)