Using Smetana's piece Vltava - this guides you through making a tone poem about the Usk

Sing or play Sosban Fach.

A revolutionary new recorder course for the whole class - and non-specialist teacher. * Learn and play together confidently with no heavy preparation beforehand! * This first course is based on simple rhythmic notation using only 4 easy-to-read symbols.

This is a vocal resource with six songs following the story of the Prodigal Son, you can sing the song with the interactive screens, download a SCORCH copy of the music and a WORD copy of the lyrics. This resource has been created to promote vocal activities from the Foundation Stage through to KS2. The resource has been designed in a manner suitable for the teacher to introduce or to be used independently by the pupils

Sing a song and learn about headlice.

This is a series of 10 popular Classroom Ensembles, which can be used in Key Stage 2. Each ensemble contains at least 4 differentiated parts. •a Piano part (two hands), •Glockenspiel (treble clef) •untuned Percussion in each ensemble. There are also words for singing as a class or while playing the instruments. Instrumental resources in each school vary and the teacher is given complete freedom to modify which instrument plays the various parts e.g. Glockenspiel.

This is a series of interactive appraising activities available to use with Area of Study 2; Music Structure (WJEC) or general appraising. The activities have been divided into eight activities. This resource has been designed primarily to encourage discussion / group work. However, extension tasks can be undertaken so that pupils can record their answers. Blank work sheets have been prepared and are included for this purpose. They are available in WORD format so that teachers can adapt the work sheets as required.

Learn to sing Crawshay Bailey's engine. A good resource for encouraging boys to sing.

This interactive resource supports the teaching of appraising by concentrating on one of the 8 elements of music - pace. The resource introduces the terms pace and tempo for describing the speed of music. Pupils are asked to listen carefully to musical extracts and identify differences in pace and how it affects the music. Pupils are encouraged to write a desciption of the pace within a piece of music using key terms. The aim is to enable pupils to begin recognising changes in pace and how it alters the mood of a piece, in order for them to appraise pieces of music more accurately.

This is a series of 10 popular Classroom Ensembles, which can be used in Key Stage 2. Each ensemble contains at least 4 differentiated parts * a Piano part (two hands), * Glockenspiel (treble clef) * untuned Percussion There are also words for singing as a class or while playing the instruments. Instrumental resources in each school vary and the teacher is given complete freedom to modify which instrument plays the various parts e.g. Glockenspiel – change to Keyboard or Violin, tambourine – change to Wood Block or Side Drum.

These resource materials offer an introduction to the understanding of cadences at AS level. There are 10 downloadable worksheets and answer sheets, also interactive activities for introducing cadences. All worksheets are available in SCORCH format and can be printed to be used as individual tasks. It is also possible for teachers to save the worksheets, edit and create more worksheets using the given template.

Here is a full analysis of SHOSTAKOVITCH – String Quartet No. 8 which is one set work for WJEC A Level Course. The resource has been created for teachers to work through step by step with students and they will require a full score to be able to understand connections made with the work.

Looking at melody and its relationship to accompaniment and bassline.

This is a series of forty interactive appraising activities available for use in Key Stage 3. The activities have been divided into five separate sections, each one containing eight activities. Compare three Compare two True or false Elements 1 2 3 Your guess All of the activities are based on the models outlined in the new Welsh Assembly Document ‘Developing Thinking’ with lots of opportunity for group work and fit with the new skills framework.

By the end of this lesson students should be able to: Compose a piece of programme music based on a Welsh folk story Use a storyboard, thinking about timings, to create their composition and show their musical ideas through the use of graphic scores Evaluate and refine their work Give recordings and performances

These resource materials offer 20 full activities to prepare students for the aural skills question for Music at GCSE level. There are 20 downloadable worksheets and answer sheets, also a copy of the full audio track of the piece. All worksheets are available in SCORCH format and can be printed to be used as individual tasks. It is also possible for teachers to save the worksheets, edit and create more worksheets using the given template.

Stimulate pupils to produce their own music.

This is a series of interactive appraising activities available to use with Area of Study 1; Music for Wales (WJEC) or general appraising. The activities have been divided into two sections with eight activities in both. * Style and tonality * Group, Voice and instrument This resource has been designed primarily to encourage discussion / group work.

Notes written for students currently studying for the WJEC AS level Music course – to accompany the Scores to support WJEC AS Music file and CD. The notes have been prepared by Alun Guy, former teacher and head of Music ar Ysgol Gyfun Glantaf, author of a number of titles in the field of Music, and principal examiner for GCSE Music with WJEC.

A resource that teaches beat and rhythm.