Year 8 Music
In Year 8, students complete a semester of Music with two different topics. The main instrumental focus for year 8 is the guitar.
The semester begins with lots of Rock and Pop music in the unit "Music Now!" which explores music from 1995 to now.
Then students look to the silver screens and explore how film music adds to the magic of Movies.
Music Now
In this unit students explored Rock and Pop Music from 2000 to now.
All students learnt the basics of guitar playing through chords and basslines.
Yesim, Parmis & Carmen perform the 12 Bar Blues
Declan, Oliver, Harry & Daniel performing the "Seven Nation Army" Riff.
Students learn to play basic chords and progressions as well as develop their finger-picking technique by learning some famous riffs.
Zoe, Abi and Sienna performing the "Peter Gunn" Riff
Chair Drumming
During our extended period of learning online due to lockdown students explored their inner-drummer and learnt a variety of drum patterns using their very own drumkit (a chair!).
Film Music
The unit "Screen Sounds" explores all the music behind great movie moments with students learning about how music can influence the mood and setting of a scene and character development throughout a film.
Film Performances
In this unit, the students kept developing their guitar skills and performed movie themes and character motifs using fingerpicking technique in duets.
Abi, Declan, Dominic, Daniel & Zoe perform the theme from "Lord of the Rings".
Harry, Alex & Finlay perform "Hedwig's Theme".
Group Performances
Check out students from 8.2 performing versions of film themes in bands!
Students from 8.1 perform "Lion Sleeps Tonight" from "The Lion King".
Jayden, Jonathan, Emma and Eleanor perform "He's a Pirate" from"Pirates of the Caribbean".
Riley G, Riley M, Myles and Jackson from 8.2 performing "Mission Impossible"
Luke, Tom, Radin, Mahan and Dylan from 8.2 performing "Eye of the Tiger".