Bournville Secondary School, Birmingham, UK

School Band 2018:
Recordings of 4 short pieces composed and performed during the school year.

21 students involved during the year from years 7, 8, 9 and 10.

For the vast majority, this is their first experience of being in a formal musical group of any sort!

Christmas Bells

Year 8 Music classes from September 2018.

Simple chord sequence on orchestral sounds - string chords and flute melody.

Orchestral Chords

Year 8 Music classes from September 2018.

2 students creating a chord sequence using different pitch centres / playing techniques.

Creating a Chord Sequence

Year 8 Music classes from September 2018.

Student creating a short piece using chords, melody and a drum beat - all played live at the keyboard.

Chords Melody and Drums by IM

Year 8 student creating a ternary (A B A ) structure whilst experimenting with simple chord sequences.

Experimenting with Chords by DR

Full 12 Bar Blues composition and performance:

Drum beat + Chords + walking bass + improvised solo using blues notes.

12 Bar Blues by A & C

Couple of our year 7 pupils 'Dropping some Bars'!

Theme is:
People in gangs who think they’re so big and clever, but they're not what life’s all about really.

You Think Ya So Bad (K & D)

A few examples of KS3 creativity during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Joel 2

Joel 1

BeBop (Yr 7 Live Collaboration)

Bournville Secondary School , Birmingham, UK.

This is the music department's sound cloud.

The various pieces of music are primarily here as benchmarks for current students - analysing such tracks can have a direct and very positive impact on their progress.

Please read the description attached to each piece of music for more details.

You can also find us on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BournvilleMusic

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