Year 8 Progress Book

Name
Group

Ass. 7 Ass. 8 Ass. 9 Ass. 10 Ass. 11 Ass. 12

Term 5 – Forgotten Folk

Term 6 – Medieval Musings
 Sonority – Folk Band set-up Structure – Verse/Chorus or Verse/Refrain or
 Rhythm – Lombardic, 6/8 rhythms Strophic
 Pitch –develop countermelody writing Harmony – accompanying styles
 Texture – layer melody, chords, bass and ostinatos/drones (& Countermelodies)
 What do you already know? Who performs what & where? With what? And how do they learn it?

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Folk song Instruments
Work song

Jig / Reel

Sea shanty

Oral / Aural tradition

Refrain

Pedal

Countermelody

Arrangement

Ornamentation

Mode

Monophonic

Homophonic

Compound time
 Task 9: Performing an arrangement of “What shall we do”
or “Wellerman”

How did you go about rehearsing this?

How did you try to stay together?

How did you consider creating variety?

How well did your performance go?

Describe what you personally had to prepare

WWW – your reflections WWW from your teacher stamp

What can you improve upon next time? EBI from your teacher
 Task 10: Creating an interesting heritage based performance

What was your contribution to the group’s

performance
How well did you all rehearse together as a
group
How well did your performance fit together

Describe your role

Looking at the radial - where are your areas of WWW from your teacher stamp
strength and weakness?

What can you improve upon on the next EBI from your teacher
assessment?

Medieval Musings
Medieval Counterpoint

Sacred Accompaniment

Secular Texture

Plainsong Harmony

Monophonic Round

Organum Dies Irae

Parallel Drone

Melisma Syllabic
Task 11: Ensemble Performance of Medieval tune
How well do you understand & read the different notes and how confidently can you play
what is written?

How well do you understand & how easily can you add an accompanying drone and
parallel harmony
WWW and EBI – your reflections

WWW and EBI from your teacher stamp

What can you improve upon on the next assessment?