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“What Went Well” “Even Better If”

“Green For Growth”

Position Hand in the correct place on the keyboard

Fingers Using the recommended finger numbers

Pitch Playing the correct notes

Rhythm Holding the notes on for the correct length

Fluency Playing straight through it without stopping or hesitating

Tempo Playing it at the correct speed

Accuracy Playing it exactly as it says on the music E.g. correct pitch/rhythm

Chords Playing the right notes for the chords

Co-ordination

Left and right hand working together successfully

Backing Playing in time to a backing accompaniment when appropriate

Harmony Adding an extra layer of notes to the right hand

Extra Challenges

Attempting extra challenge tasks

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Root Position Primary Chords:

Try Inverting your Chords for a Smoother Transition:

Now try playing them in this sequence:

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Record of Progress: Lean On Me

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Stage of ProgressA

Begun it

BStarted to

improve it

CContinued to

improve it

DEven more

improvements

E

Completed

GR1 Single finger left hand chords

GR2 Left hand 3-finger chords

GR3 Left hand Inverted 3-finger chords

1 Right hand melody

1+ Melody + Chords with a partner

2 Right hand melody + single finger Left hand chords

3 Melody + 3-finger chords root or inverted

4 Melody + right hand harmony + chords (see sheet)

5 Full song sheet

Extra Chall-enges

Full RootPositionTriads

Invertedchords

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Left 5 3 1

careful if dragginganything around.

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B Position

Record of Progress: Tango

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Stage of ProgressA

Begun

it

BStarted to

improve it

CContinued

to

improve it

DEven more

improvements

E

Completed

GR1Section A single finger

chords

GR2Section A 3-finger chords

GR3Add Tango beat

1Section A Melody

1+In pairs: Section A

melody + chords

2Right hand melody + left

hand chords

3Add Tango beat

4Section B Melody

5 Extra Challenge:Add chords & Tango beat

to B

5+Piano Accompaniment

Extra Challenges:

Tango Argentino

f f f f g a a g f g e e e e e f g g f e d

Section A: Use “D hand Position”

3 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 2 1

Section B: Follow the changes in hand position carefully:

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Record of Progress: Fur Elise by Beethoven

Stage of

Progress

A

Begun it

BStarted to

improve it

CContinued to

improve it

DEven more

improvements

E

Completed

GR21 hand: single finger

chords

GR3Melody lines 1-2

1Whole melody

1+With a partner

put melody and

chords together

2Right hand melody

+ left hand chords

(without a

partner)

3Right hand of full simplified piano sheet

4Left hand of full simplified piano sheet5Put both hands of full sheet togetherExtra

Challenges

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Fur Elise by Beethoven

D# = black keyd e

E D# E D# E B D C A A A A B B C B A

B C D E E F E D D E D C C D C B

If doing full chords:am = a+c+eE = e+g# + bC = c+e+gG = g+b+d

Reminders:

A POSITION

E D# E D# E B D C A A A A B B B B C

E D# E D# E B D C A A A A B B C B A

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If doing single finger chordsRemember:a minor = a+black note on left

Chords:

ScalesA scale is an organized set of notes.A major scale has 8 notes.The distance between the top note and the bottom note is called an octave.Composers use scales to create melodies.Scales are built using a set pattern of tones and semitones:E.g.

TONE TONE TONE TONE TONESEMITONESEMITONE

Chromatic Music & Semitones

A semitone is the smallest interval on the piano.

E.g. C to C# or F# to G

Further Challenge:What else do you notice about the black keys on the keyboard diagram?

And- can you find the semitones that do not involve using black keys?

Try these questions:

1. Begin on D. Go up 4 semitones to the right. Name the note: _________2. Begin on G. Go down 4 semitones to the left. Name the note: _________3. Begin on E. Go up 5 semitones to the right. Name the note: _________4. Begin on D. Go down 12 semitones to the left. Name the note: _________5. Begin on F. Go up 7 semitones to the right. Name the note: _________6. Begin on C Go down 6 semitones to the left. Name the note: _________7. Begin on A. Go up 3 semitones to the right. Name the note: _________8. Begin on F. Go down 5 semitones to the left. Name the note: _________9. Begin on G. Go up 8 semitones to the right. Name the note: _________10 Begin on B. Go down 9 semitones to the left. Name the note: _________11 Begin on C. Go up 2 semitones to the right. Name the note: _________12 Begin on A. Go down 8 semitones to the left. Name the note: _________

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Record of Progress: Wimoweh Keyboard

Stage of

Progress

A

Begun it

BStarted to

improve it

CContinued to

improve it

DEven more

improvements

E

Completed

GR2Single finger

chords

GR33-finger Chords

1Melody

1+In pairs: Melody + chords2Right hand melody + left hand chords3Learning the RIFF backing4Melody + RIFF5 MRT’s

arrangement

Extras:Junior Band

piano part or

West African

folk song

Frere Jacques

Hand Position:

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Record of Progress - Texture Performances

Stage of

Progress

A

Begun it

BStarted to

improve it

CContinued to

improve it

DEven more

improvements

E

Completed

GR1Bars 1-2 of Frere

Jacques melody

GR2Bars 3-4 of Frere

Jacques melody

GR3Bars 5-6 of Frere

Jacques melody

1Whole of Frere

Jacques melody

1+Play Frere

Jacques ROUND

with a partner

2Both hands tune

in octaves

3Huntsman

4Play Frere

Jacques right +

left hand as a

round

5March

6

Gigue

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My End of Topic Achievement Reporting Progress

PERFORMING COMPOSING LISTENING AVERAGE

Working with

Chords

Ballroom

Dance Music

Musical Futures

Ensemble Work

Performing :

African

Drumming

Drums

Working with

Scales

Textures

Review Stage Level

Baseline

End of Year 7

A.P.1

A.P.2

A.P.3

A.P.4

End of year target

Instrument / Voice Standard / Grade Bands/Choir/Extra Curricular

Subject Learning Conversation

keyboard

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