For KS4 students studying AQA GCSE Music… this resources is the first in series of videos that tackles the language of the new spec exam head on, in a fun and accessible way. Foster that tricky knowledge and understanding in your students’ minds! Perfect for classroom revision and homework.

School and college music teachers! Are you looking for a fun way to end the year in style? Perhaps there are cover lessons or re-rooming implications, meaning you can’t finish this year’s music curriculum as you would like? Are you looking for a fun quiz that is simple to run? The Musical Mind Melter Quiz has been designed by experienced music teacher Dan Barrow, specifically for your needs! Nine rounds, fully contained within one huge 40-minute video (but also available as separate videos) which can be run on a whiteboard, on student devices, student PCs or remotely. Teachers can run the quiz as they want, or simply press play and sit back! The rounds are audio-based, packed with 161 audio extracts, including Beat The Intro ('90s, '00s, '10s and '20s), Stuck In Reverse, Slo-Mo, Double Trouble (2 tracks at the same time), a Disney Villains round and a special ‘Rick-Rolling’ one too! The quiz can be taken on paper, typed into a Google Doc or on a self-marking Google Quiz, and there’s even a video with all the answers.

‘I Say You Say’ are videos aimed to tackle the tricky language of the AQA Listening and Appraising exam head-on. Foster that knowledge and understanding in your students’ minds in a fun and accessible way - perfect for a classroom task, a computer / cover lesson and homework.

Lockdown 2020 brought new challenges for us music teachers! I dedicated myself to making the best online resources I possibly could, and I proud and pleased to be able to share this tried and tested resource. What’s in it? Two videos that cover objectives, success criteria, the treble clef and how to identify notes, and how to correctly warm up and play Ode to Joy on the keyboard (transposed to C for ease of learning), A PDF and Powerpoint worksheet connected to the video lesson A PDF and Word document also connnected to the lesson A link to all these resources online so you can copy, download and set in your own online learning portal, and mark remotely. I hope you enjoy my resource! Please check my TES page for tons more!

The end of a teaching year often needs that little something engaging, yet fun. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S SWELTERING! So I have made a groovy music quiz for the end of the year, for KS3 and KS4: 9 rounds, including picture rounds and listening videos fully self-marking on Google Classroom paper version also included can be run by teacher or completely independently remote-learning (and heatwave) friendly! For the price of an iced coffee, you’ll have full access to all these resources!

**** For a Finance Office invoice, please email me on barronimomusic@gmail.com*** This year’s EDUQAS Music for Film set brief is to create the opening scenes for an exciting documentary about space exploration. I’ve gone DEEP UNDER THE BONNET to unlock what GarageBand can really do. And, boy, was I surprised! Honestly, I hadn’t realised how effective GarageBand can be in composing modern, authentic film music. Time is of the essence! So I’ve put together a bundle of resources to release it as soon as I can, to help your students start composing effective, exciting space documentary music, regardless of ability or prior knowledge, but with plenty of stretch and challenge. Here’s a run-down of the package: Accessible, fun and student-paced video tutorials, detailing GarageBand processes, shortcuts, tips and tricks. 60 minutes of video, broken into bite-sized pieces. Accompanying help-sheets, bullet-pointing each step of the processes. Guaranteed rapid support and feedback from me! Drones: Drones explained, with examples and visual EQ. GarageBand set-up for drones. Using ‘In The Box’ sounds, and why you shouldn’t. Automating parameters, in real time and with the pencil tool. How to screen-grab for evidence and write-up. Creative use of FX, including massive reverb, delay and tremolo BONUS: Advanced techniques in volume automation and pitch-bending. Drum Ostinatos: Drum ostinatos explained. GarageBand set-up for cinematic drums. Real-time input - skilled and ‘chaotic’ with quantisation. Creative use of arpeggiator for percussion. Use of massive orchestral bass drum with FX. Use of miliaristic marching snare drum. Optional use of 6/8 for a rolling feel. BONUS: How to use reverse FX for extra impact. String Ostinatos: Melodic ostinatos explained, with examples. GarageBand set-up with Smart Strings across the string family. Step-by-step ostinato creation with keyboard or mouse. Editing velocities and pitches. Orchestrating across strings with the octave shortcut and staccato articulation. BONUS: creating string ostinatos using double-stops. Making music education resources has been my passion since 2005. Thank you for supporting me, it has meant so much and enables me to produce more content. With your support. my next bundle will include use of harmony and and chordal orchestration, approaches to melody, structural arrangement and, the all-important ‘How to make a Hans Zimmer BRAAMS in GarageBand’! Dan Barrow BarronimoMusic

‘I Say You Say’ are videos aimed to tackle the tricky language of the AQA Listening and Appraising exam head-on. Foster that knowledge and understanding in your students’ minds in a fun and accessible way - perfect for a classroom task, a computer / cover lesson and homework.

‘I Say You Say’ are videos aimed to tackle the tricky language of the AQA Listening and Appraising exam head-on. Foster that knowledge and understanding in your students’ minds in a fun and accessible way - perfect for a classroom task, a computer / cover lesson and homework. This takes on the most common terms and concepts associated with Harmony,including practical and aural examples of harmony in action. Brought to you by BarronimoMusic - 21st Century music education resources to make your classroom buzz!

An easy but really useful resource for studying the Clock Symphony 2nd Movement - a readalong score, complete with bar numbers, to allow detailed study of the piece of music.

The new AQA GCSE Exam has a new type of question - the Genre question. These test students on their general knowledge of the main Areas of Study in relation to their characteristics in music elements. To help your students get to grips with these, try this video - the Genre Question Exam Buster. Three styles of music, all broken down into their musical elements using the knowledge and language required by the Exam. This covers: Blues, R&B and Rock ‘n’ Roll.

The new AQA GCSE Exam has a new type of question - the Genre question. These test students on their general knowledge of the main Areas of Study in relation to their characteristics in music elements. To help your students get to grips with these, try this video - the Genre Question Exam Buster. Three styles of music, all broken down into their musical elements using the knowledge and language required by the Exam. This videos deals with Traditional music: Reggae, the various Latin Styles and Contemporary British Folk.

The new AQA GCSE Exam has a new type of question - the Genre question. These test students on their general knowledge of the main Areas of Study in relation to their characteristics in music elements. To help your students get to grips with these, try this video - the Genre Question Exam Buster. Three styles of music, all broken down into their musical elements using the knowledge and language required by the Exam. This video is a huge one - broken down into four digestible parts! It covers the entire Western Classical syllabus of the spec, and breaks them down into accessible components of musical elements, together with audio and visual excerpts to illustrate the points. At 37 minutes, this activity can be broken down over many lessons and multiple homework assignments. A must-have!

If you looking for a way to instill that crucial knowledge about the new AQA exam Section B on Haydn’s Clock Symphony, look no further than the 2-Mark Question Exam Buster! This video will cover the knowledge that has been shown to be vital in all of the Specimen Papers, and focused largely on actual exam technique, drilling down into the right language to use, and how to use it. Your students will gain an understanding of the historical context, the layout and make-up of the orchestra and information on transposing instruments.

For the first time, AQA GCSE Music students are faced with the ‘extended response’ which can be out of the comfort zone for both them and teachers alike. The 8-mark question relies upon student memory and preparedness to address the wider issues of the musical elements in the second movement of Haydn’s Clock Symphony This video resources combines all of the intel from the specimen material and condenses it into an accessible and compartmentalised format, to make the teaching, learning, understanding, and crucially revision that much easier! Includes ‘Simple Mark Getters’ - easy to memorise points for panicking students!

For the first time, AQA GCSE Music students are faced with the ‘extended response’ which can be out of the comfort zone for both them and teachers alike. The 2-mark questions rely on student’s general knowledge of the background to The Beatles Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band, plus some details on instrumentation, elements and use of technology. This video resources combines all of the intel from the specimen material and condenses it into an accessible and compartmentalised format, to make the teaching, learning, understanding, and crucially revision that much easier!

These video resources with worksheet takes your students through the process of planning and creating the 2020 EDUQAS Gangster Car Chase from scratch. For anyone not wanting the entire resource pack, I’m offering them in smaller chunks, which might be a little more manageable both to deliver and for students to receive! Mini Pack one contain: the task introduction including planning and research. an overview of the composition track, ideas on how to select and sequence exciting percussion ostinatos. tips on adding weight, depth and excitement through use of FX.

Lockdown 2020 brought new challenges for us music teachers! I dedicated myself to making the best online resources I possibly could, and I proud and pleased to be able to share this tried and tested resource. What’s in it? My video lesson, which covers objectives, success criteria, introduction of key words bass and ground bass, a recap on the treble clef, introduction of the bass clef and a walk-through of the ground bass of Pachelbel’s Canon (transposed to C for ease of learning), including a simple way to play it. A PDF worksheet connected to the video lesson A link to my Google Quiz on this lesson, which means you can set on your Google Classroom and mark and monitor remotely. I hope you enjoy my resource! Please check my TES page for tons more!

This video and worksheet resources has been designed specifically for remote learning! In Part One, there is an introduction to how early film music developed, and questions linked to that information. It’s concise and acccessible so that your students won’t feel overwhelmed. I used this with Year 8 during the 2020 lockdown, and it worked brilliantly! I hope you enjoy it. Dan

This video and worksheet resources has been designed specifically for remote learning! In Part Two, we take a look at how sound and music developed in films throughout the 20th Century, taking in clips from The Jazz Singer, Walt Disney’s invention of ‘Mickey-Mousing’ and the development of underscoring. It’s concise and accessible and perfect for your year 7 or 8 students studying at home - w=ith simple questions to recall the learning in the accompanying worksheet. I used this with Year 8 during the 2020 lockdown, and it worked brilliantly! I hope you enjoy it. Dan

This tried-and-tested resource takes the listener through every section of Since You Been Gone by Rainbow, giving a deep-dive musical analysis into the use of the elements. There’s also focus on the keywords and definitions, all in an easy and accessible method. Also included is the ‘Listen-A-Long’ where students can watch the score at the same time as listening to it!