Music

= Year 8 Music =

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Assessment Criteria and Activities in the GSC Year 8 Music Curriculum include:

 * Solo and Group Performances
 * Ongoing evaluations through the use of a journal
 * Music Appreciation activities
 * Musicianship: Aural and Theory Activities

**An Introduction to Rock Music:**
====Read the song lyrics and create your own representation of the song. You may wish to do a: storybird, quiz, poster, power-point, map, flash-cards, comic strip, or anything else you can think of.==== [|Yellow Submarine by The Beatles - lyrics.pdf] [|Surfing USA by The Beach Boys - lyrics.pdf]  [|Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley - lyrics.pdf]  [|Penny Lane by The Beatles - lyrics.pdf]

Here is an example of the 'Purple People Eater' by Sheb Wooley:
Storybird - "Purple People Eater"

====Find the sheet music for the introducation to Rock Music song that you've chosen to play below:==== [|intro to rock songs.pdf]

Theory:
====﻿Click on the link below to learn to read the notes on the treble and bass staves==== [|Notes on the treble and bass staves]