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BMS - CELLO SYLLABUS – Year 1
Technique/Element
RHYTHM – DURATION
- METRE
PITCH
MUSICAL LITERACY
INSTRUMENTAL
TECHNIQUE
AURAL
Term 1 (1 PRE-BRONZE)
a)
b)
c)
d)
Echo simple rhythms
Follow a steady pulse
Play crotchets
Play in 4/4 time
Term 2 (1 BRONZE)
Term 3 (1 PRE-SILVER)
a) Maintain a steady pulse
b) Play crotchet rests and quavers
c) Play in 2/4 time
a) Establish a steady pulse
b) Play in 3/4 time
a)
Recognise bars, bar lines, 4/4 time signature,
bass clef
b) Read crotchets and pairs of quavers
c) Read bass clef staff notation for open strings
a) Read crotchet rests
b) Read down and up bow signs
a) Read D,E,F#,G on the D string
b) Read A,B,C#,D on the A string
c) Read open G,C
a) Prepare the instrument for playing
b) Hold the instrument comfortably with a good
posture
c) Pluck the instrument with free right arm
movement
d) Demonstrate good left hand shape
a)
Play moving by step, ascending
and descending
b) Play using whole and half bows
c) Hold the instrument comfortably
with a good posture while sitting
d) Correct inaccurate bow use
e) Recognise when the bow needs
rosin
a)
Echo three notes from own pitch range
Recognise high and low notes
Recognise open string sounds
Echo a rhythm
Move in time to a piece of music
Identify simple moods in music
a)
Echo stepped melodic phrases by
singing and playing
b) Echo a rhythm using a crotchet
rest
c) Identify when a change occurs in
a repeated rhythm
d) Identify when playing on wrong
string
e) Recognise when a string is out of
tune
a) Match a pitch played by the teacher
b) Improvise question and answer
phrases
c) Identify differences and changes in
tempo
d) Identify changes in dynamics
a)
Play loudly and quietly within a
piece
a)
Perform as part of a group in an
assembly
a) Name and play open strings
b) Use fingers to change the pitch of the string
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
DYNAMICS
a)
Play using an even dynamic (mf)
a)
PERFORMING SKILLS
AND OPPORTUNITIES
a)
b)
c)
d)
Play individually and with awareness of others
Perform at home
Practise with other members of the group
Play unaccompanied and with simple
accompaniments
a)
Play a piece loudly and quietly
Perform as part of a group to an
audience
b) Listen, watch and match tone
quality with others
Identify and correct poor posture
BMS - CELLO SYLLABUS – Year 2
Technique/Element
Term 1 (1 SILVER)
a)
a)
Play D major (1 octave)
a) Play octave harmonic
b)Play arpeggios of D, A and G
a)
a) Read 01234 on G string
b) Read and sight-read notes of a D major
scale
c) Recognise 2,3 or 4 beats per bar on
printed music
d) Identify repeated patterns of pitch
and/or rhythm
a) Read 01234 on C string
b) Read and understand a repeat sign
c) Recognise and understand when a
change of time signature occurs
a)
a) Make rapid bow movements
b) Turn adjusters to raise or lower the
tuning of open strings
a) Jump from heel to tip of bow
b) Use lifted bow strokes at the heel
c) Correct faulty intonation by moving
the positioning of fingers
a) Two-note slurs
b) Play legato/staccato
c) Demonstrate tempi and dynamic
markings to affect the character of
a piece
a) Improvise question and answer phrases
b) Accompany a short piece by clapping
the pulse
c) Echo melodic phrases by singing and
playing (steps and leaps)
d) Accompany a short piece by clapping
the pulse
e) Identify when a string is sharp or flat
a) Play using crescendo
a) Identify the metre of a piece
b) Identify changes in repeated melodic
pattern
c) Echo melodic phrases using
harmonic intervals up to a perfect 5th
d) Identify where a fingered note is # or
b
a) Conduct in 2/3 beats per bar
b) Identify staccato & legato playing
c) Identify gradual dynamic
changes, and when tempo and
dynamics affect the character of
the piece
a)
a)
Play using mp
a)
a)Play simple pieces in 2 parts
a)
Perform individually to an
audience (group, class, assembly
etc.)
PITCH
INSTRUMENTAL
TECHNIQUE
AURAL
Term 3 (1 GOLD) (Grade 1)
a) Play dotted minims
b) Play a simple syncopated rhythm
ie. quaver-crotchet-quaver
Play minims, semibreves and their
rests
RHYTHM/DURATION/
METRE
MUSICAL LITERACY
Term 2 (1 PRE-GOLD)
Play dotted crotchet/quaver
a)
Play using diminuendo
Use 2nd finger position to play C
and F naturals
b) Play a C major scale – 2 octaves
c) Play G major scale – 1 octave
Read and understand the effects
of accidentals
b) Read and understand Dc al fine
c) Understand how tempi and
dynamic markings affect the
character of a piece
d) Play 01234 on all strings
DYNAMICS
PERFORMING SKILLS
AND OPPORTUNITIES
Play duets incorporating simple
rhythmic or melodic ostinati
BMS - CELLO SYLLABUS – Year 3
Technique/Element
Term 1 (2 BRONZE)
RHYTHM / DURATION
/ METRE
Change speed of a pulse within a
piece (rall. & rit.)
a)
a)
b) Play minor scales and arpeggios.
c) Play using an extended 4th
finger on the D and G strings
a)
Play using backward extension on D
and A strings
a)
Read and sight-read notes of a C major
scale
b) Read and understand 1st and 2nd time bars
c) Read and understand Andante, Moderato
and Allegro
a)
b)
c)
d)
a)
Tune a string accurately to a given note
a)
a)
Sing and play an interval of an octave
above a given note
Differentiate between tones and
semitones
Sing a major scale
Improvise question and answer phrases
using syncopated rhythms
Conduct in compound time
Play with a more controlled use of
dynamic range
a)
INSTRUMENTAL
TECHNIQUE
AURAL
b)
c)
d)
e)
a)
DYNAMICS
a)
PERFORMING SKILLS
AND OPPORTUNITIES
Term 3 (2 GOLD) (Grade 2)
a)
PITCH
MUSICAL LITERACY
Term 2 (2 SILVER)
a) Play in 6/8
b) Play and count tied notes
Play in a larger ensemble and be able to
follow a conductor
Read pauses, ties
Read and understand DC al fine
Read and understand rall and rit
Read and understand pizzicato and
arco
Play a controlled crescendo using an
up bow
b) Control the bow with a more relaxed
hold
Play rhythmic patterns in
irregular metres (ie. 5/4
b) Play triplet quavers
Play using backward and forward
extensions in a piece
b) Use 4th position (eg. G maj. 2
octave scale)
a) Read and understand multimeasure rests
b) Understand how articulation
affects the character of a piece
c) Compose a question and answer
phrase in a major key
a) Vary the speed and weight of the
bow to alter the tone quality and
dynamic range
b) Play with an equality of tone
when crossing strings
Sing an interval of a minor third
above a given note
b) Identify pitch or rhythmic changes to
a notated pattern when played
differently
a)
Play a simple, well-known tune
by ear, starting on different notes
b) Improvise question and answer
phrases in minor keys
c) Recognise major or minor
tonality
a)
Play fp
a)
a)
Recognise beginnings and ends of
phrases and follow their part
accordingly
a)
Recognise and play with a variety
of accentuation in relation to
musical style
Show an awareness of the role of
their individual part within an
ensemble and react accordingly