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James Reevell is an experienced teacher of Music and Music Technology, and is currently Subject Leader for Visual and Creative Arts at a sixth form college in the North West of England. He is responsible for the leadership and management of both Music courses, Art, Drama and Dance. He has over 5 years examining and assessment experience in Music and Music Technology and provider of INSET training. He has recently been appointed as bridge fellow for the University of Huddersfield.

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James Reevell is an experienced teacher of Music and Music Technology, and is currently Subject Leader for Visual and Creative Arts at a sixth form college in the North West of England. He is responsible for the leadership and management of both Music courses, Art, Drama and Dance. He has over 5 years examining and assessment experience in Music and Music Technology and provider of INSET training. He has recently been appointed as bridge fellow for the University of Huddersfield.
Revision Guide for Unit 2 Music Technology
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Revision Guide for Unit 2 Music Technology

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Revision of work completed during the coursework portfolio and guide to success in an exam setting e.g. in microphone placement, sequencing, processing and mix related questions. Compiled using past paper mark schemes and other information.
Pulse and Rhythm - Writing & Identifying Rhythms
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Pulse and Rhythm - Writing & Identifying Rhythms

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Lesson based on pulse and rhythm originally delivered to Year 7. Intended Learning Objectives - Write down rhythms we have heard using musical notation, identify rhythms in our listening from those notated on a page and begin to use more complex symbols such as rests in our notation Rhythm clock resource adapted from an existing resource on this website - can't find it again though so if it's yours I am happy to acknowledge it here - just write below.
Layout of the Orchestra
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Layout of the Orchestra

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Sheet on Britten's 'Young Persons' Guide' to explain the layout of the modern orchestra and to work on identifying instruments in each variation.
Listening Mat for AS Music
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Listening Mat for AS Music

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Useful revision aid for students to use when listening to a musical extract to build their use of terminology. I have also used this to success when studying set works for the Edexcel 'Developing Musical Understanding' module.
Composing a Simple Ternary Form Piece
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Composing a Simple Ternary Form Piece

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Simple guided composition (suitable for a very early introductory exercise for students who may not have approached composition before) for a short ternary melody with peer review activity.
Blank Elements Sheet / Listening Mat
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Blank Elements Sheet / Listening Mat

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This sheet with element names printed and dotted around has been used for lots of different purposes - a few ideas below - Composition planning; Listening to an extract; Set works study; Pre set works study ; Exam revision.
Working in Logic Inputting Activities
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Working in Logic Inputting Activities

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Two inputting activities to build skills in inputting information from a score. Simple exercises - Somewhere Over The Rainbow and Ode To Joy. Arguably not massively appealing to Y12 but quite well known and I've had some impressive arrangements produced.
Listening Log for Composition
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Listening Log for Composition

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This sheet is designed to be used as a directed listening log after each week's lesson that the student can use to list influences in preparation for the logbook activity and to help inform composing work.