To be used in conjunction with excerpts from the filmed STOMP "OUT LOUD". Most of these things can be found on YouTube just type in the heading of the section eg: STOMP OUT LOUD brooms great resource to help pupils analyse the musical elements in a piece of performance art. Asks lots of questions about rhythm, pitch and sound production. Perhaps a great beginning of the Year activity for Year 7 or 8.

This presentation contains a full lesson with starter and plenary. Starter involves pupils listening to two pieces and colouring and drawing - leads to a discussion of the differences between impressionism and expressionism. Examples are given. Serialism is included with a description of how to fill in a serialism matrix. The matrix worksheet is provided. Some parts of filling in the matrix may need to be scaffolded by a teacher. Informative lesson material.

Krystof Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima is an interesting piece of programme music. This activity asks Pupils to listen to the piece (on YouTube) and look at a part of the score (attached) and state what they can see or hear that is interesting about this piece. This activity is great for discussion purposes also. What is music? Does it always need to sound 'nice'? etc.

This worksheet asks pupils to Self and Peer-Assess after completing a performance. It helps them to assess their part within the group and how they felt each of their peers performed as part of the group. A useful resource for Self and Peer assessment evidence.

Informative presentation with links to listening examples for music written about 'Space". Brief information about composers and dates of works is also given. Includes: Holst Planets Kronos Quartet Sun Rings David Bowie Space Oddity Haydn The Creation Mike Oldfield Songs of Distant Earth and more... Could be used for analysis practise.

A list of the Musical Elements for Early Secondary/KS3 pupils. Terminology may differ across countries - this particular resource was created in Australia. Feel free to alter terminology where necessary.

I’m not kidding! 5 Presentations and two example analysis worksheets are downloadable from this one source. Presentations with plenty of examples of the composers work include: John Williams (Star Wars) James Newton Howard (The Village) Hans Zimmer (Batman) Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands) Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future) The two example analysis sheets contain the youtube link to the song being analysed. Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean Some links may need to be replaced to some of these pieces as the resource was created several years ago now.

This presentation and worksheet is a lesson in itself! Pupils are given the worksheet with songs and the musical elements on it - and the presentation gives basic information about 6 Musicals from the 70’s and 80’s including Phantom of the Opera, Hair, Godspell and Les Miserables. Pupils listen to each song in turn and use their worksheet to analyse each piece of music. A great fun lesson!

"Find me a musical which uses a story from the Bible..." and much more! This 20 questions internet research game is a fun pupil-led activity where they will learn a surprising amount about Musical Theatre. They will discover both older and more modern musicals and some questions are much trickier than others! For extension you could ask pupils to find the 'vital statistics' of each musical as they go -ie. date of premiere, stars performing in it, where it has been performed. Answer sheet is on the second page. Happy searching!

Perfect authentic learning Music project for a Half term or shorter. 7 tasks and an extension task combine Music, Art and Literacy including rhyme. Task 1 - create company and product Task 2 and 3 - more artistic and literacy than musical but still related Task 4 to ext - music tasks including rhythm, lyrics and instruments Excellent and creative way to engage 9-14 year olds in music making.

This is a guide of how to Analyse a piece of music in depth using the Musical Elements. It sets out a list of things to listen for/ a series of questions pupils can ask themselves as they listen to something they want to analyse. Terminology may differ across countries - this particular resource was created in Australia. Feel free to alter terminology where necessary. This resource has been particularly useful for training pupils to listen during unstudied works, but can be used for works they have to study for GCSE and A levels as a training exercise for exams etc.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to analyse this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This worksheet looks at the fusion of modern and traditional elements in recent Indian popular music. Pupils answer questions related to the two pieces.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to play this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. Pupils are given examples of Indonesian Gamelan that can be played on xylophones or glockenspiels, tambourines, cymbals etc. Then pupils are asked to create their own with template given. A fun and active lesson.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to find musical elements within the piece and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This worksheet shows how the pentatonic scale is found in Japanese music.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to play this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This lesson involves instruments and voice and is great fun including styles like Calypso, Reggae and Samba.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to sing this style of music working as a class and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This task will require you as the teacher to teach them to sing this song by call and response first aurally before presenting them with the sheet. They will then find the pentatonic scale used.

This worksheet provides score examples for pupils to sing this style of music working in groups and provides some information about the culture and meaning behind the musical genre/style. This worksheet looks at the traditional folk songs of Hungary and Greece and pupils create a performance based on the music given.

A great way to teach aural skills and rhythm in a fun way. Works exactly like bingo - make sure pupils have one of the two different sheets - never just do it with one sheet. First person to get 4 in a row, and stand up and shout BINGO wins. Contains Semi quavers syncopation rests noted as Z

This presentation introduces pupils to the genre of advertising music. They must use their understanding of music analysis to analyse the examples given - scaffolding questions are asked. The second activity asks them to create their own advertisement for a particular product - using melody, rhythm, lyrics and basic accompaniment.