St.Peters Music Rooms include a practical area for Keyboard development in which resources include :

• 10 full size keyboards
  
• 2 upright pianos
  
• 1 Clavinova
  
• 1 Drum kit
  

Keystage 3 curriculum includes :

• listening / appraising / theory
  
• practical work based on the topic being studied at the time
  

Topics studied include :

Y7

• PATTERNS IN MUSIC : how music is put together
  
• MUSIC THEORY : learning how to read and write music
  
• WORLD MUSIC : researching Gamelan music
  
• PULSE, POETRY, MUSIC : putting music to poetry
  
• MAJOR AND MINOR : understanding different sounds
  
• RAGTIME MUSIC : learning about the different styles of music
  

Y8

• STRUCTURE IN MUSIC : musical forms
  
• MUSIC THEORY : intervals
  
• WORLD MUSIC : music of India
  
• MUSIC FOR A SITUATION : musical effects
  
• MUSIC OF THE BRITISH ISLES : traditional folk music
  

Y9

• VARIATIONS IN MUSIC : techniques in music
  
• MUSIC THEORY : scales
  
• WORLD MUSIC : the music of Japan
  
• MUSIC FOR FILM : a taste of GCSE work
  
• PERSONAL PROJECT
  

PERIPATETIC TUITION INCLUDES :

• Woodwind
  
• Guitar
  
• Brass
  
• Vocal
  
• Drumming
  
• Samba