GCSE Schemes of Work

By the end of Key Stage 3 it would be helpful if learners recognise and have basic use of:

• treble and bass clef notes plus their position on the keyboard
• musical elements including: melody (pitch and rhythm), tempo, texture, sonority, dynamics, metre, form and structure, tonality and basic harmony (e.g. chords I, IV and V)
• Basic terminology such as forte, piano, triad, conjunct, disjunct, dissonant
• Recognition of such devices as repetition, imitation, sequence.