Hero image

Stuart McSweeney's Shop

Average Rating4.44
(based on 201 reviews)

Resources include lesson plans for KS3-5 Music lessons and PSHEE, software guides, chords and lyrics for songs and, more recently, sheet music of own choral compositions.

218Uploads

311k+Views

149k+Downloads

Resources include lesson plans for KS3-5 Music lessons and PSHEE, software guides, chords and lyrics for songs and, more recently, sheet music of own choral compositions.
Buffalo Soldier - Chords and Lyrics
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Buffalo Soldier - Chords and Lyrics

(3)
Chords and lyrics for Bob Marley's Buffao Soldier. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!
GCSE Set work and element Edexcel Music revision
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

GCSE Set work and element Edexcel Music revision

(1)
Presentation of all the Area of Study 2 and 4 pieces and their elements e.g. Koko rhythm, Reich dynamics, Capercaillie background etc. Press F5 to start the presentation - the slides whizz through - then press 's&' to stop the slides flipping through - students then have x amount of time to write down as much information/talk about the topic etc.
Building Chords
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Building Chords

(1)
Useful for a starter from a previous lesson for chords - multiple choice of: what letters make a C chord, for example, what is a major/minor chord, what do they sound like ('happy' or 'sad' - feel free to use better descriptions!) leading into the chords they'll need for today's lesson for a class band song, which is only one chord away from an Axis of Awesome 4 chord song! Any feedback would be great, thanks! The song on the final slide is Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars.
Elements of Music & Area of Study term card sort
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Elements of Music & Area of Study term card sort

(1)
An assortment of card sorts - you can cut these out, put sticky backed plastic on them, call out a question and pupils fold over the key terms to be left with the key term to answer the question. Can be used for starters, plenaries or other mini tasks. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
Music GCSE Edexcel Capercaillie carousel tasks
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Music GCSE Edexcel Capercaillie carousel tasks

(1)
Useful as either a start into the piece, a revision or halfway through a scheme on Capercaillie. The Year 10 document can be either a Year 10 or a differentiated Year 11 copy. Any feedback would be great, thanks! There are all kinds of other things to be added on to there but it was put together rather quickly!
Rhythm composition
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Rhythm composition

(1)
Lesson plan based on students creating a rhythm composition and combining what rhythm they hear with which musical symbols. Any feedback would be brill, thanks!
Price Tag - Chords and Lyrics
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Price Tag - Chords and Lyrics

(1)
Chords and lyrics for Jessie J's Price Tag. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!
Edexcel GCSE Shoenberg Peripetie quiz
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Edexcel GCSE Shoenberg Peripetie quiz

(2)
Mix of audio, visual, written questions and mini essay at the end. Answers on duplicate slides at the end. If you are using it and want to include the audio questions do have a look through the answers to the audio questions as it'll either tell you or give you an idea of when to play the track. Feedback would be great, thanks!
Music: Periods of Music Handbook
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Music: Periods of Music Handbook

(0)
A handbook of information of different styles of music from Renaissance to Film. Including; contextual information musical features of different styles/periods of music suggested/famous pieces and composers Useful for KS3-5 in varying levels of detail. More resources available on my page ranging from KS3-KS5
Eduqas: A Level Music: Mendelssohn 4: Q12: 1st movement score reading questions
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Eduqas: A Level Music: Mendelssohn 4: Q12: 1st movement score reading questions

(0)
This document contains questions to help students familiarise themselves with reading a score. Questions are about keys, chords, returning themes, orchestration and more. These are the Teacher copies (i.e. questions and answers) but student copies can be made by creating a new document for the students. Feedback is most welcome - I’ve got questions for movements 2, 3 and the start of 4 to upload too.
Eduqas Music  A Level Question 1 Rock and Pop Listening Questions
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Eduqas Music A Level Question 1 Rock and Pop Listening Questions

(0)
5x sets of questions, mark schemes and audio files for practice of Question 1 (Rock and Pop) of the Eduqas Music A Level exam. The files are Word documents so you can edit and tweak them. Any feedback would be much appreciated, thank you. I’ve added, and will continue to add, more Eduqas listening resources.
Music: Short composition practice tasks
s_mcsweeneys_mcsweeney

Music: Short composition practice tasks

(0)
These are designed for students to practise (either on Sibelius or by hand) making chords such as; Major chords Minor chords Augmented chords Cadences Dominant 7ths Neapolitan 6ths Extended Any feedback on these would be much appreciated. I’ve uploaded both the pdfs and the Sibelius files. More resources available on my page.