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.
Powerpoint presentations in 2 formats: pptx and pdf with the complete teaching of the setworks.
Includes Youtube Videos, homework tasks and notes taken from the Pearson Support Guide.
18 Setworks in the Edexcel Music A level Listening and Appraising component.
Exercise sheets for all 18 set works.
Match the correct element of music to the sentences.
These can be used as a starter activity in class or for home revision.
Useful to recap on the points students need to memorise for the exam as well as retain the kind of vocabulary they need to use for the different elements of music.
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.
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 powerpoint with 51 slides in pptx and pdf covering different aspects of Victorian music, composers from the era, musicals set around this time and inventions.
Eg. Oliver, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd, Gilbert and Sullivan, A Christmas Carol.
This is the extended version of the tasks with more ideas and templates that students can use for each section.
With Christmas around the corner, who doesn’t like to have Christmas themed learning activities?
Host a Christmas talk show. A fun group activity that can be done in school or through home learning. Encourage students to research, work independently, work in teams, be creative and enjoy learning about different Christmas traditions.
Host an interview
Make decorations
This or that games
Bake snacks
Have an ‘awards’ ceremony
Organise live music
Think of charities and ways to encourage solidarity.
Students can go off track and add anything they might enjoying preparing.
The project can be delivered as a live performance, video recording, Poster presentation or written plan.
12 Worksheets on the different areas within conventions of pop.
rock and roll
rock anthems
ballads
solo artists
Features in the music for 4 different songs and artists of each area of study. (4 worksheets)
Worksheets to fill in for students to choose their own songs to study. Students to study the context of the song and fill in features for the different elements of music. (4 worksheets)
Listening diary blank worksheets to fill in students’ own pieces.
Some information used from the OCR book and BBC Bitesize.
A powerpoint presentation in 2 formats: pdf and pptx outlining the 4 set briefs for Edexcel Music GCSE composition.
Contains some examples of music and a homework task to start getting ideas rolling.
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
This is the free version. For the extended version with more ideas and templates for students to use:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/pbl-host-a-christmas-talk-show-extended-project-12445769
With Christmas around the corner, who doesn’t like to have Christmas themed learning activities?
Host a Christmas talk show. A fun group activity that can be done in school or through home learning. Encourage students to research, work independently, work in teams, be creative and enjoy learning about different Christmas traditions.
Host an interview
Make decorations
This or that games
Bake snacks
Have an ‘awards’ ceremony
Organise live music
Students can go off track and add anything they might enjoying preparing.
The project can be delivered as a live performance, video recording, Poster presentation or written plan.
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.
2 blank templates in pdf for printing:
Fortune teller origami activity. Can be used for revision with questions on a topic.
Colouring brad wheel. Can be filled in with summaries of a topic and then cut out and stuck together with a split pin. A good craft for younger students.
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.