Western Music Courses
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The popular genre traditionally known as ‘Western music’ can be categorised into many different genres and musical styles. With its moderately short duration, smooth sound and main commercial orientation. Western music often has a simple subject nature and normally revolves around love and day to day life.
The most popular music styles of Western music are Hip Hop, Classical Music, Traditional and Folk Music, Rock and Alternative Rock, Country Music, Electric Dance Music, Pop Music, Heavy Metal, Jazz Music and Rhythm and Blues and Musical Theatre.
Sing a range of Western songs with a good vocal range and technique.
Breath Control, Posture, Articulation, Tone, Dynamics
Sing in a relaxed and controlled manner. Showing good posture and relaxed shoulders.
Notation, Sing rhythmic patterns from the stave.
Range, Scales, Intervals
Sing freely within a comfortable range (according to age and/or gender)
Use sounds that consist of different western vowels. (mah meh mee, moh moo ascending and descending on a scale)
Sing simple songs with confidence and accuracy.
Traditional Western styles, Popular music.
Structure, Terms, Styles
Awareness of a song layout.. Focus on repetitions, verse and chorus.
Recognise direction of pitches e.g. step by step up or down
Sing songs in a variety of Use of elementary musical terms (e.g. forte and piano)
Understanding phrasing (and breathing according to phrasing)
Sing and recognize songs from different periods and places styles.
Show confidence, Independence, Emotional connection
Performing to an audience
Perform simple repertoire from notation or from memory.
Perform with others for an audience in a variety of contexts.
Sing as part of an ensemble.
Sing songs with simple rhythms (using crotchets, quavers, minims and semibreves)
Sing songs keeping a steady pulse at an easy, moderate tempo.
Sing out with confidence, enjoy singing your song
Sing a range of Western songs with a good vocal range and technique.
Breath Control, Posture, Articulation, Tone, Dynamics
Sing with a relaxed tone, open mouth for clear pronunciation and dynamic range.
Notation, Sing rhythmic patterns from the stave.
Range, Scales, Intervals
Sing freely within a wider pitch range, exploring high and low registers.
Sing more complex songs, including wider interval leaps, with confidence and accuracy.
Sing using Solfa Do,re,me,fa,so to help with reinforcing pitch and music theory.
Traditional Western styles, Popular music.
Structure, Terms, Styles
Use of elementary musical terms (e.g. forte and piano)
Understanding phrasing (and breathing according to phrasing)
Sing and recognise,songs from different periods and places within the Western musical genre.Including Pop, RnB and Jazz.
Show confidence, Independence, Emotional connection
Performing to an audience
Sing unaccompanied, acappella and through the use of instrumentals. For example backing tracks piano.
Sing songs with more complex rhythms (triplets, semiquavers, single quavers and rests, dotted rhythms and syncopation)
Understand the difference between tempo, rhythm and pulse.
Develop some basic performance skills, including having a confident stage presence and delivering a song convincingly
Sing a range of Western songs with a good vocal range and technique.
Breath Control, Posture, Articulation, Tone, Dynamics
Sing with some animated facial expressions, ensuring ,change in articulation which include staccato and accents.
Notation, Sing rhythmic patterns from the stave.
Range, Scales, Intervals
Sing more complexed songs, including songs with chromatic intervals.
Understand the use of sharps and flats.
Begin to develop sight-reading skills.
Traditional Western styles, Popular music.
Structure, Terms, Styles
Expand understanding of songs with more complex structures.
Recognise rhythmic, melodic and harmonic features e.g. sequences and interval leaps.
Recognise and name different styles and genre.
Show confidence, Independence, Emotional connection
Performing to an audience
Develop ensemble skills.
Recording vocal technique.
Recognise and sing songs with different time signatures.
Understand and express the differences between strong and weak beats.
Evaluate performance and reflect on how to improve.
Convey the mood and character of the music.
Sing a range of Western songs with a good vocal range and technique.
Breath Control, Posture, Articulation, Tone, Dynamics
Sing with an even tone across the dynamic range with clear open vowels. Demonstrate understanding of breath control and support.
Notation, Sing rhythmic patterns from the stave.
Range, Scales, Intervals
Sing more difficult vocal lines with confidence.
Hold a solo harmony part.
Sustain a more complex vocal line within an ensemble.
Develop sight-reading skills.
Traditional Western styles, Popular music.
Structure, Terms, Styles
Expand understanding of songs with more complex structures.
Recognise rhythmic, melodic and harmonic features e.g. sequences, interval leaps.
Recognise and name different styles and genres.
Show confidence, Independence, Emotional connection
Performing to an audience
Perform more advanced songs, with an awareness for communicating musical style
Hold an individual line in a small ensemble/choir setting.
Evaluate performance and reflect on how to improve.
Convey the mood and character of the music Refine the ability to distinguish tempo characteristics, e.g. allegro, andante, lento.
Understand how to interpret the meaning of a text and to make decisions regarding the performance.
Sing a range of Western songs with a good vocal range and technique.
Breath Control, Posture, Articulation, Tone, Dynamics
Apply understanding of vocal physiology to manipulate sound (e.g. smile to make a note sound sweeter).
Notation, Sing rhythmic patterns from the stave.
Range, Scales, Intervals
Hold a solo harmony part.
Be able to harmonize melodies.
Develop sight reading skills.
Traditional Western styles, Popular music.
Structure, Terms, Styles
Understand more complex structures.
Understanding musical character and style.
Show confidence, Independence, Emotional connection
Performing to an audience
Perform songs in different musical styles and traditions, incorporating different musical forms.
Understand how to interpret the meaning of a text and how to make decisions regarding the performance.
Develop performance skills, including having a confident stage presence and delivering a song convincingly.
Learn to use microphones and make recordings.
Sing a range of Western songs with a good vocal range and technique.
Breath Control, Posture, Articulation, Tone, Dynamics
Breath without interrupting the musical line.
Show and demonstrate your excellent vocal techniques across a range of western style songs including the varied use of dynamics, vocal colour and tone.
Notation, Sing rhythmic patterns from the stave.
Range, Scales, Intervals
Sing a complex vocal lines with confidence and accuracy.
Hold a solo harmony part.
Be able to harmonize melodies.
Sustain a complex vocal line within an ensemble.
Be able to sight-sing with confidence and accuracy.
Traditional Western styles, Popular music.
Structure, Terms, Styles
Make musical decisions by reflecting on musical styles and conventions.
Have a good understanding of singing western style songs in the C major, G major, A minor and E minor scale.
Show confidence, Independence, Emotional connection
Performing to an audience
Perform more advanced songs from memory.
Demonstrate a personal response to the song, making artistic decisions regarding the interpretation.
Understand and convey the meaning of text when singing in a foreign language.
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