Music Resources, mainly for the Edexcel GCSE and A level specification, to prepare students for exams.
Compositions resources, piano skills, elements of music and theory.
Music Resources, mainly for the Edexcel GCSE and A level specification, to prepare students for exams.
Compositions resources, piano skills, elements of music and theory.
Project Based Learning in Music with a holistic approach, incorporating drama and media. Can be done in school or for home learning. Student led.
A fun music project for students to attempt and be as creative as they wish. Detailed step by step activities.
‘Get ready to host your own music program where you decide each of the sections.
Host music interviews
Play games such as ‘This or that’ or ‘Name a song that…’
Have live performances
Present awards
Submit the work written out or as a video, poster, audios.
Freedom for students to be as creative as they like in this music project.
3 worksheets: Elements of Music, The Blues, Popular Music. Unscramble the words and match them to the definitions. A good lesson starter or revision exercise.
A complete lesson on the elements of music to deliver to a Key Stage 3 class including:
a powerpoint
a worksheet for students to complete while following the powerpoint
the same worksheet with the definitions already written to allow for differentiation.
a lesson plan
a homework activity: analyse the elements of music in a song of the students choice. this also has an extended task, again for differentiation.
a group activity: compose a birthday song.
A basic summary of the main points you can mention about for the pieces in Duchess, taken from The Pearson Support Guide. These are a starting point without bar numbers. Students should refer to their scores to put in context the examples.
Some wider listening ideas with points you can mention about in an essay. This can be used as a poster or handouts for your students.
A powerpoint presentation in 2 formats: pdf and pptx for the complete teaching of the Duchess, using notes for score analysis, taken from the Pearson Support Guide. Includes Youtube videos, wider listening ideas and task and questions to consider.
Vocabulary key words for each of the elements of music in the set work.
Vocabulary sheet for students to fill in definitions of keywords for the set work.
Vocabulary sheet with definitions for the keywords in the set work.
Exercise sheet to be used as a starting activity in lessons or for home revision. Match the element of music to the correct sentences.
A basic summary of the main points you can mention about for John Cages Prepared Piano, taken from The Pearson Support Guide. These are a starting point without bar numbers. Students should refer to their scores to put in context the examples.
Some wider listening ideas with points you can mention about in an essay. This can be used as a poster or handouts for your students.
A powerpoint presentation for the complete teaching of the set work in 2 formats: pptx. and pdf. Includes 19 slides with notes taken from the Pearson Support Guide, youtube examples, and wider listening.
Vocabulary sheet with keywords for the set work.
Vocabulary sheet for student to fill in definitions for the keywords for each element.
Vocabulary sheet with definitions.
Exercise Sheet that can be used as a starter activity in class or for home revision. Match the element of music to the correct sentences.
A summary of Familia Valera Miranda’s ‘Caña Quema’ with basic points about the different elements to be used as a starting point for revision. Notes taken from the Pearson Support Guide.
2.Some wider listening ideas with points you can mention about in an essay. This can be used as a poster or handouts for your students.
A powerpoint presentation in 2 formats (pdf and pptx) with 23 slides for the complete teaching of the setwork. Includes Youtube videos, homework tasks and notes from the Pearson Support Guide.
Vocabulary sheet with key words for set work.
Vocabuary sheet for students to fill in definitions.
Vocabulary sheet with definitions for key words.
Exercise sheet that can be used as a lesson starter or for home revision. Match the correct element of music to the sentences.
ESPANOL:
Un PDF con 8 paginas para usar eficazmente el tiempo de ensayo.
Consejos para ensayar
Plantillas para anotar el tiempo dedicado
Plantillas para analizar otras actuaciones.
8 page booklet in Spanish with different tasks to help students keep track of their progress in performance and practise in a productive way.
Pages include:
Tips on how to practise.
Different areas to work on.
Practice checklist
Practice diary
Ways to analyse others’ performances.
Questions for reflection
Works for any exam board, for GCSE and/or A level Music. Many tips taken from marking schemes.
(Spanish resource)
PDF con 18 páginas para estructurar ideas y avanzar hacia un proyecto musical.
Plantillas para la composición de canciones
Generar ideas
Planificar un video musical y una sesión de fotos.
Presupuesto y colaboración
Planificar redes sociales
Diseñar una portada de CD
Consejos para la composición y grabación de canciones
An interactive lesson using powerpoint in pdf or pptx format for a KS3 music lesson on structure and texture in popular music.
Listening activities
perform in an ensemble
Kahoot quiz
https://create.kahoot.it/details/f9696fe3-589e-4228-8750-898802889b51
A fun music activity for students to attempt at home and be as creative as they wish. ‘Get ready to host your own music program where you will interview the person of your choice on their music tastes, and then present awards for various categories.’
This free version is a basic project overview that can be used for one lesson. Here is the version that can be used over several weeks with a breakdown of the different sections:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/home-learning-host-a-music-talk-show-extended-project-12324612
A group of lessons and activities for the topic of African music.
Listening, performing and composing activities.
Some resources are taken from Musical Futures.
2 formats: Powerpoint and PDF form.
A theory quiz with 23 multiple choice questions to complete as a class or individually.
Questions are classified into:
Time signatures
Identifying chords
Identifying melodic intervals (these are to be played on piano by teacher, check answers beforehand!)
Identifying instruments ( these are on the slides as very small youtube videos so that the students can’t see what instrument is playing. I was not able to put a soundclip!)
Key signatures
Scale degrees
RESOURCE IN SPANISH
ENG: 8 pages pdf- Resources in solfege ( do, re mi) and international system (C, D, E)
All the major scales
Chords for each key (divided into the 4 most common chords or 6 chords usually used to harmonise)
All the pentatonic scales
ES: 8 paginas en pdf- Recursos en sistema de solfeo (do re mi) e internacional (C D E)
todas las escalas mayores
Acordes para cada tonalidad (dividido en los 4 acordes mas comunes o los 6 acordes que normalmente usariamos para armonizar)
Todas las escalas pentatonicas.
A list of key words relating to the different elements of music, focused on the kind of questions that would appear on the Listening and Appraising section of the new Edexcel Music GCSE and A level course. These can be used as posters or revision handouts.