Lesson 6 - Keyboard Skills. Students demonstrate their understanding of the keyboard and the skills that were taught during the unit and perform/ record their piano piece. There is a composition challenge task for students to do after their performance / assessment (depending on teaching approach). I ask students to record their work onto a DAW, they have 15 minutes to get a perfect take recorded and then we try the composition challenge before listening to all the performances/ recordings to provide feedback. The composition challenge can be adapted to be a stand alone lesson for those terms that are 7 + weeks long too.

Lesson 4 - Keyboard Skills. Students continue to apply their understanding of the finger system from Lesson 1 and develop their understanding of pitch and notes on a stave. New Learning - Students learn about the black notes on the keyboard. Misconceptions include these being major/ minor. make it crystal clear these are just extra notes on the keyboard for students to use in their playing. Accidental mountain is a nice story for students to see that sharp rises and flats lower the pitch of the note. The pieces in the lesson are carefully picked to practice using the black keys. the Wii Mii theme tune and Hall of the Mountain King develop all the skills the students studied in lessons 1-3 and introduce them to using the black notes. This task can be scaffolded by breaking the music into small bars and focusing on the right hand melody Students can also be challenged by applying their left hand too if they can and apply an appropriate tempo/ dynamic changes.

Lesson 2 - Keyboard Skills. Students recall finger system from Lesson 1 and develop their understanding of pitch by learning two phrases to help them learn the notes on the lines and spaces of a musical stave. Students learn a piece but they have to apply this new learning by working out the note names to unlock the piece. This task can be scaffolded with the phrases being printed and given to students, or chunked into smaller bars/ phrases. Students can also be challenged by applying their left hand too if they can.

Lesson 1: Mastering the finger technique. Students learn about scales, pitch and the correct finger technique. They practice simple scales, this can be simplified to a simple five finger scale for those who need it, and students can be challenged by learning the scale with both hands. Task: apply the finger technique to a song on the piano.

Lesson 5 - Keyboard Skills. Students rehearse a piece of music ready for assessment in lesson 6. Students new learning includes exploring the concepts of major and minor. Students learn that major sounds happy and minor sound said. You could use the pieces in the book to ask students if they sound major or minor or use chords to challenge their understanding of this. This task can be scaffolded using pieces of different difficulty and or chunking pieces into smaller bars/ phrases. Students can also be challenged by applying their left hand too if they can and should be promoted to use the correct finger system from lesson 1.

This booklet contains 6 full lessons and can be used with the lessons in the unit. Lesson 1 - Introduction to the Ukulele Lesson 2 - 4 chords (I V VI IV) Lesson 3 - Strumming patterns Lesson 4 - Independent practice Lesson 5 - Performance Lesson 6 - Harmony on a keyboard

7 Lesson booklet to accompany the lessons. This book provides students with written tasks, performance tasks and listening tasks and can be used to aid their learning. This book includes a KO and an element of music glossary plus 7 full lessons Lesson 1 - Introduction to rhythm and notation Lesson 2 - Call and Response/ Phrases Lesson 3 - Dynamics Lesson 4 - Applying the elements of music (composition) Lesson 5 - Developing composition Lesson 6 - Performance Lesson 7 - Keyboard introduction (useful in a 7+ week half term)

This booklet accompanies the The Blues Unit lessons 1-6. Activities are based on the lessons and the students follow the lesson through each book. This unit of work is a 50/50 split between performances and DAW. Students learn about the 12 bar blues and walking bass and perform it on their keyboards as they learn and then they apply this knowledge, recalling the 12 bar blues and walking bass patterns and input them onto the DAW, developing this skill too. This book includes: 6 Do Nows 6 planned lessons 2 knowledge organises

Keyboard Skills Booklet This booklet is designed to be used along side the Keyboard skills lessons 1-6 Each lesson is clearly listed in the book with the “Do Now” and Lesson number making it clear for students which lesson they should be on. The songs are designed with the tasks in mind and develop the skills taught in each lesson. Skills should be revisited and retaught when appropriate to ensure students retain new learning. This is part of a skill based curriculum that explores the elements of music and develops students keyboard skills. There is an editable powerpoint version and a pdf version. To print the powerpoint as an A4 book, save it as a pdf with 2 slides per page.