Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
6 practice questions (based on typical questions in the EDUQAS A Level exam)
All 5 rotations of Nuages, by Debussy are covered (from Area of Study E - Into the 20th Century)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Mark scheme is also included
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Brand new resource
Area of Study 3 - Paul Simon (featuring 3 songs from the album Graceland)
**Activity/Featured Work
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Contextual Understanding of Extract 1 – 2 mark questions
Extract 2
Contextual Understanding of Extract 2 – 2 mark questions
Extract 3
Extract 4
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
Graceland – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Extract 2
Contextual Understanding of Extracts 1 & 2 – 2 mark questions
Extract 3
Extract 4
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
You Can call Me Al – ELEMENTS FACTFILE
Extract 1
Extract 1
Extract 2
Extract 3
Contextual Understanding – 2 mark questions
Contextual Understanding – 8 mark question
All answers are provided.
Screenshots give a good indication of content
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Many thanks
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
9 questions, all based on similar questions in the A level paper.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Most questions are 10-12 marks, and do not always feature the 5 mark extended writing.
Features the following pieces of music:
NEO-CLASSICAL
Prokofiev – Gavotte (Classical Symphony) – page 2
Stravinsky – Pulcinella – page 3
Stravinsky – Dumbarton Oaks – page 5
IMPRESSIONISM
Debussy - Colloque Sentimental – page 8
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne – page 10
Debussy – Prelude a l’apres-midi – page 13
EXPRESSIONISM
Schoenberg – Premonitions – page 15
Berg – Wozzeck – page 16
Schoenberg – Valse de Chopin – page 18
All answers are provided, but probably not exhaustive.
As usual, any problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
I am always happy to look at any issues, make corrections etc
Brand new resource
Mock paper now translated into Welsh for WJEC GCSE Music
Based on the Advance Information for the 2023 Summer Series
Anitra’s Dance - Section A1
Clarinet and Strings
Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (2 versions)
Reet Petite/Walking Blues
Theme from Emma (Rachel Portman)
Theme from Home Alone
Everything Must Go - final chorus and outro
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Screenshots give a good idea of content
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4 questions on Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (2nd movement).
There is an overview of Poulenc’s style and there are also extension tasks intended for class discussion or paired work.
Each question focuses on one section (so A1, B1, B2, A2)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
All answers provided, (although I’m sure that there may be more!)
The score that I used for reference was one found on imslp (only one on there, but not public domain in the EU)
** BRAND NEW RESOURCE**
Writing for the 2023 exam in mind.
Advance information states that the 9 mark extended writing will be on Area of Study 3.
This resource contains 12 pieces of film music (different genres)
All answers (although probably not exhaustive) are provided in a separate booklet.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Contents
Marking advice
Top tips and essential vocabulary
PRACTICE TESTS
Downton Abbey – John Lunn
Psycho – Bernard Herrman
The Trap – Ron Goodwin
The Flood – Debbie Wiseman
Terminator – Bradley Ira Fiedel
Tears in Rain (from Blade Runner) - Vangelis
Theme from The Omen – Jerry Goldsmith
The Danish Girl – Alexandre Desplat
A Fistful of Dollars – Ennio Morricone
Superman Theme – John Williams
The Batman Theme – Michael Giaccomo
Saving Private Ryan – John Williams
Any suggestions/queries please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Thanks for Looking
** Brand new resource**
Based on the Advance Information for the 2023 Summer Series
Anitra’s Dance - Section A1
Clarinet and Strings
Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (2 versions)
Reet Petite/Walking Blues
Theme from Emma (Rachel Portman)
Theme from Home Alone
Everything Must Go - final chorus and outro
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Brand new resource, based on the 3rd movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.
Develops pupils’ knowledge of each section, with focused questions - the type of questions pupils will meet in Section A of the paper.
There are also 2 mark contextual understanding questions, specific to each section, and three 8 mark questions at the end.
All answers are provided, although I’m sure teachers will find extra answers!
Screenshots give a good idea of content
As always, any questions or issues, please contact misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Many thanks
Brand new resource
Helps develop knowledge of 2023 prescribed set work for Area of Study 1, for those sitting As in the summer 2023.
Haydn String Quartet in Bb major Op.76. No.4 Movt.1
Works through the first movement with typical exam questions that will be met in Sections A and B
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Brand new resource, featuring the following pieces of music:
Terminology
50s and 60s Rock and Roll
Rock Around The Clock 1955
All Shook Up 1957
I Saw Her Standing There 1963
Cathy’s Clown 1960
70s & 80s Rock Anthems
Smoke on the Water 1973
Don’t Bring Me Down 1979
Whatever You Want 1979
With Or Without You 1987
70s, 80s, 90s Pop Ballads
Your Song 1970
Waiting For a Girl Like You 1981
Tears in Heaven 1992
90s Solo Artists
Fallin’ 2001
Human 2017
Make You Feel My Love 2008
Make You Feel My Love 1997
Thinking Out Loud 2014
Praise You 1998
See You Again 2015
All questions are based on typical questions found in the OCR GCSE exam. Screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, if you have any questions or comments, please email
misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
In the AQA specification, popular music is defined as mainstream music including a number of musical styles and genres including rock, pop, musical theatre, film and computer gaming music from 1950 to the present.
There are 20 different pieces of music included in this resource. Screenshots give an idea of the content.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Mabel’s Prayer
Corner of the Sky
Do You Hear the People Sing
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Last Night of the World
Seasons of Love
Smoke on the Water
ZZ Top
FLeetwood Mac
ELO
Inception
Courtyard Apocalypse
Across the Stars
Godzilla
In Dreams
Assassin’s Creed
Megalovania
Gangsta’s Paradise
Fallin’ - Alicia Keys
Praise You
Human
A resource, originally written for a different exam board, but adapted for OCR.
It covers rhythm and pitch dictation practice, as well as general theory practice (keys/chords/harmony/tonality/texture etc), all areas covered in the OCR syllabus.
There are 2 questions on vocal music, and although this is not in the OCR syllabus, the questions still provide invaluable practice.
The screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com with any problems or questions.
A brand new resource, with practice exam questions, featuring the following concertos:
Vivaldi A minor
Bach Brandenburg No.5
Corelli Op.6 No.8
Mozart Horn K495 (3rd movt)
Mozart Flute - 1st movt
Haydn Oboe - 2nd movt
Mozart Clarinet - 2nd movt
Bruch Violin E minor 1st movt
Bruch Violin E minor 2 movt
Tchaikovsky Piano - 1st movt
All questions are based on similar ones in the OCR past papers.
The screenshots give a clear idea of content.
As always, any questions or problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
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4 practice questions on the EDEXCEL set work by Bach (“Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott”
2 questions on Movement 1 and 1 question on each of the other movements.
Screenshots give you a good idea of the content.
There is also a summary page at the start that covers the elements of music pertinent to this set work.
All answers provided.
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you have any issues or problems and I will be only too pleased to help.
** As always, any issues, please contact misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com**
A brand new resource for AQA GCSE Music, designed to develop pupils’ knowledge of the following:
Battle and Defeat of Napoleon
Intermezzo
(from the Hary Janos Suite)
Each section is analysed, followed by short answer questions and then finally, contextual understanding practice (worth 8 marks).
Skeleton scores are included.
March Theme Pages 3-7
Dissonant & Fanfare Theme Pages 8-11
Entrance of Napoleon Pages 12–15
Funeral March Pages 16-19
Intermezzo (information & knowledge) Pages 20–23
Intermezzo Test Yourself Pages 24-28
Answers Pages 29-35
Each section refers to the elements of music, with supportive sentences regarding context.
NEW RESOURCE, translated into Welsh
Any issues/queries, please email me on misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
I’ll do whatever I can to sort any problems out for you.
Exam practice questions created specifically for Year 10 embarking on a GCSE Music course.
Split into the following areas of study, with key words from the specification developed.
MELODY
RHYTHM, TEMPO & METRE
HARMONY & TONALITY
FORM, STRUCTURE & STYLE
TEXTURE, TIMBRE & DYNAMICS
The following units of work are examined:
Forms and Devices
Music For Ensemble
Film Music
Popular Music
All questions are based on the EDUQAS exam style questions and marked out of 10. Please see screenshots for types of questions. The exercises are a combination of the question 10 and 11 on the exam paper (so rhythm and pitch dictation and general musicianship)
As always, please email misscreativecurricum@gmail.com for any problems or questions.
Haydn String Quartet Op. 72 No.1
Mozart Divertimento No. 3 K. 166
Mozart Divertimento K. 138
Haydn String Quartet Op.76 No.3
Haydn Piano trio Op.39
Mozart String Quartet No.20 K. 499
Mozart – Chorus of the Priests “Oh Isis and Osiris”
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
Brand new resource
Features the following pieces.
All questions are based on the WJEC exam style questions and marked out of 10. Please see screenshots for types of questions.
As always, please email misscreativecurricum@gmail.com for any problems or questions.
Haydn String Quartet Op. 72 No.1
Mozart Divertimento No. 3 K. 166
Mozart Divertimento K. 138
Haydn String Quartet Op.76 No.3
Haydn Piano trio Op.39
Mozart String Quartet No.20 K. 499
Mozart – Chorus of the Priests “Oh Isis and Osiris”
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
Brand New Resource
As always, any queries or issues, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Features the following pieces of music & knowledge:
AoS 1 Vocabulary
Features of Baroque Music
Zadok The Priest 1 - Handel
Zadok The Priest 2 - Handel
Zadok The Priest 3 - Handel
Extension Tasks Baroque
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened - Handel
My Heart is Indicting - Handel
Features of Classical Music
Haydn Symphony No. 101
Haydn Symphony No. 103
Mozart Symphony No. 25
Mozart Horn Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No.6
Features of Romantic Period
Schumann - Kinderszenen
Extension task – Schumann
Chopin Waltz in C# minor
Chopin Waltz in A minor
Features of the Romantic Requiem
Verdi Libera Me
Dvorak Requiem
Answers
Tests pupils’ knowledge of the 4 different topic areas (Handel anthems, Classical symphony and concerto, Romantic piano music and Romantic requiem). Follows typical questions set by AQA, although these may be a little more difficult than the pupils will come across. There are extension tasks which are designed to be worked through in class, so no answers are provided for these tasks.
** For any queries/issues, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com**
Comprehensive resource, featuring all of the different musical styles in Area of Study 4.
The following pieces are examined:
With or Without You – U2
Looking For Somebody – Fleetwood Mac
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Heard it Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
Light My Fire – The Doors/UB40
Praise You – Fatboy Slim
Don’t Bring Me Down – ELO
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Wiz Khalifa – See You Again
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
All pieces are marked out of 12 (not 9 as is usual for WJEC), following typical exam questions and layout. A useful vocabulary summary is included at the start