KS3 - Listening & Appraising (Popular Music) - OCR

A 5-lesson powerpoint that gives structure to a 6-week scheme of work (assessment on the 6th week).
Created for KS3 students in preparation for KS4 OCR material.

Lesson 1 - Musical Elements Recap; Guessing Game on when Pop music started; Introduction to Rock ‘n’ Roll; Rock ‘n’ Roll features & instrumentation; Introduce 12 Bar Blues.

Lesson 2 - Recap on what is pop music & when it started; Recap on Rock ‘n’ Roll features; Recap on Musical Elements; C Major Triads; Students to play 12 Bar Blues on keyboard.

Lesson 3 - Major & Minor Triads; Listening Exercise distinguishing major or minor; Listen to examples of how they are used in Pop Music.

Lesson 4 - Recap Major & Minor Triads; Introduce intervals; Aural Listening Exercise of intervals using well-known tunes to help identify; Recap on how roman numerals are written & introduce how they are written for major & minor chords.

Lesson 5 - Recap on roman numerals; Introduce magic 4-chord sequence; Aural Comparative Analysis using musical elements knowledge.