Booklets for AQA GCSE Music
Area of Study 3: Traditional Music
Topics:
The Blues
African Fusion
Caribbean Fusion (Reggae)
Contemporary Latin
Contemporary Folk Music
Includes:
Information
Composition activities
Performance pieces
Practice exam questions
Wider listening checklist
Topics:
20s to 40s - Jazz and Blues
50s - Rock n Roll
60s - Rock and Beatles
70s - Disco, Punk, Glam Rock, Reggae
80s - New Wave, House, Hip Hop
90s - Hip Hop, EDM, Boybands, Britpop
2000s - Pop, Rock, EDM
Powerpoints and worksheets include listening tasks, composing tasks, performance opportunities, assessed work, post-assessment directed listening tasks
A lesson on Danse Macabre that can be used as homelearning or cover. Students learn about Danse Macabre and apply knowledge of the musical elements to a spooky composing task. There are two choices available - Corpse Bride or Nightmare Before Christmas.
One-off lesson on Peter and the Wolf. Can be used as cover or homelearning. Lesson details Prokofiev, the story, the characters, has link to video of the piece, listening questions and a match-up task.
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
BOOKLET AND ANSWER BOOKLET
Topics:
Indian Classical
Bhangra
Greek Folk
Israeli and Palestinian
African
Calypso
Samba
Each style has summary sheets, a past paper listening question and checkpoint questions, as well as revision questions at the end of the booklet.
Answer booklet for teacher use to support with learning.
Designed for the RSL Music Practitioners course.
Can be used as a two-year course booklet or lots of stand-alone worksheets. Suitable for cover.
Includes research tasks, listening tasks, contextual history, fill the blanks, composition planning and directed tasks.
Topics include:
Instruments, Elements of Music, Functions of a DAW, Blues, Jazz, Rock n Roll, 50s Record Companies, Soul, Reggae, Rock, Punk, Pop-Punk, New Wave, 80s Synth Pop, Grunge, Hip-Hop, Rap, Latin Pop, Contemporary Folk, Indie Rock, RnB, 90s House Music, Progressive House, Tropical House, Garage, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Electronica, Eurodance, Pop, Boybands and Girlbands, Grime, Synths Through Time, Drum Machines Through Time, Samplers Through Time, Guitar Techniques and Effects, Mixing Desks, Mixing Music (Filters, EQ), Recording and Distribution, Preparing Equipment in Recording Sessions, Microphone Types, Polar Patterns, Recording Vocals, Microphone Placement (Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano, Drums), Planning a Recording Session.
Booklets for AQA GCSE Music
Area of Study 3: Western Classical from 1910
Four separate booklets
Topics:
Aaron Copland
British Music (Maxwell-Davies, Taverner, Britten and Arnold)
Hungarian Music (Kodaly and Bartok)
Minimalism (Riley, Reich, Adams)
Includes
Information
Composition activities
Performance pieces
Practice exam questions
Wider listening checklist
Two/three lessons worth of rhythmic activities linking to Harry Potter Puppet Pals
Including:
Performance of Puppet Pals
Composition of own rhythms with a performance at the end