This is the second movement from one of the three concertos listed on the new AQA A Level Syllabus (for first teaching from September 2016). This resource pack comprises: a full Sibelius score of the second movement from Bach’s Concerto in A Minor (BWV 1041) for Sibelius 4, 5, 6, 7, and 7.5, including student versions - all versions included in download; a 2-page student worksheet designed to allow students to gain vital analysis skills; a 2-page detailed answer sheet, which constitutes a thorough analysis of everything that a student needs to know for the exam; an MP3 audio of the Sibelius score from a high quality sound-card recording. If you are a teacher, this resource pack will save you literally hours of planning; if you are a student, this will inform you about everything you need to know about this piece for the exam. Great value, and the same hallmark of quality that you rightly expect from the Rainy Night Music brand.

This movement is ideal for study as part of the Stage 6 Music 2 HSC Program. As a full first movement from a Romantic Concerto, it fits into the mandatory area of study Western Music 1600-1900. A Sibelius score is an exceptionally powerful tool to have for analysing chords, themes, motives, and much more, at the click of a button. There are clear advantages of having a Sibelius score as a study aid. With the later versions of these scores, you can isolate individual parts to show melodic lines and harmonies more clearly, you can use the chord analysis and ‘find motive’ functions making analysis quicker and easier – and there are several other analysis plug-ins that Sibelius offer, making your life much easier. Another clear advantage of having a Sibelius Score in addition to a paper one is that it is an invaluable aid to improve score-reading: the playback line runs along with the music and students can better see what is happening. Certainly, my students all benefited from Sibelius scores for their set works – this particular Sibelius score (all 11 minutes of it) is the longest one I have ever input into the software! A complete list of versions included in this download pack is as follows: Sibelius 7.5; Sibelius 7; Sibelius 7 First; Sibelius 6; Sibelius 6 First; Sibelius 5; Sibelius 4. If you would like an earlier version, please just email me, and I’ll add it to the resource pack. Also included in the pack is a high-quality soundcard MP3 extraction of the full score for you to use in the classroom. I really hope that you will enjoy my resources and find them useful. I pride myself on the quality of the resources that I publish, and I welcome feedback and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers across the world. I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

This movement is ideal for study as part of the Stage 6 Music 2 HSC Program. As a full first movement from a Classical Symphony, it fits into the mandatory area of study Western Music 1600-1900. A Sibelius score is an exceptionally powerful tool to have for analysing chords, themes, motives, and much more, at the click of a button. This Sibelius score – which comes in 10 different versions in this download pack – is a great resource for both teachers and students. With the later versions of these scores, you can isolate individual parts to show melodic lines and harmonies more clearly, you can use the chord analysis and ‘find motive’ functions which can make analysis an absolute breeze. Another clear advantage of having a Sibelius Score in addition to a paper one is that it is an invaluable aid to improve score-reading: the playback line runs along with the music and students can better see what is happening. Certainly, my students all benefited from Sibelius scores for their set works – as painstaking as it was for me to type it all in! A complete list of versions included in this download pack is as follows: Sibelius 7.5; Sibelius 7; Sibelius 7 First; Sibelius 6; Sibelius 6 Student; Sibelius 6 First; Sibelius 5; Sibelius 5 Student; Sibelius 5 First; Sibelius 4. If you would like an earlier version, please just email me, and I’ll add it to the resource pack. Also included in the pack is a high-quality soundcard MP3 extraction of the full score for you to use in the classroom. I really hope that you will enjoy my resources and find them useful. I pride myself on the quality of the resources that I publish, and I welcome feedback and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers across the world. I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

**A set of 3 tiered Music Bingo Games based on common musical signs and symbols. Level 1 would be suitable for beginners to reading music; Level 2 would be suitable for slightly more confident readers; Level 3 for more advanced students. ** Each of the 3 Bingo Games in this set has 15 different signs and symbols – a total of 45 different signs and symbols in the set. Each game has 12 unique playing cards, which can very realistically be doubled up for a class of 24 students. Each game also has a master calling card containing 2 clues (one easier, one more difficult) to describe each of the 15 signs and symbols on the calling card. Each unique playing card has a total of 9 of the 15 signs or symbols on it. This set of 3 is specifically designed to facilitate and accommodate progress, working really well as both a fun revision tool and a general learning tool. The Level 1 game is suitable for beginners, being based on basic accidentals, basic note durations and their rests, and basic clef symbols. The Level 2 game is suitable for slightly more experienced musicians, being based on common structural signs, common time signature symbols, and dynamic/ articulation markings. The Level 3 game is suitable for more confident musicians, being based on common ornament signs, and more specific structural and performance instructions (eg. sustain pedal on piano, coda sign, etc. This set is available as part of a 6-pack Bingo Bundle, here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/music-bingo-bundle-12178022]. I really hope that you will enjoy my resources and find them useful. I pride myself on the quality of the resources that I publish, and I welcome feedback and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers across the world. I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

**A set of 3 tiered Music Bingo Games based on notation. Level 1 would be suitable for beginners to reading music; Level 2 would be suitable for slightly more experienced readers; Level 3 for more confident students. ** Each of the 3 Bingo Games in this set has 15 different note pitches, presented in a variety of forms. Each game has 12 unique playing cards, which can very realistically be doubled up for a class of 24 students. Each game also has a master calling card containing 2 clues (one easier, one more difficult) to describe each of the 15 notes on the calling card. Each unique playing card has a total of 9 of the 15 note pitches on it. This set of 3 is specifically designed to facilitate and accommodate progress, working really well as both a fun revision tool and a general learning tool. The Level 1 game is suitable for beginners, being based on 15 chromatic notes on the lines and spaces of the treble clef staff. The flats and sharps are those found on the black keys of a keyboard, only. The Level 2 game is suitable for slightly more experienced musicians, being based on 15 chromatic notes on the lines and spaces of the bass clef staff. The flats and sharps are those found on the black keys of a keyboard, only. The Level 3 game is suitable for more confident musicians, being based on 15 chromatic notes on up to 2 ledger lines above and below the treble and bass clef staffs. Again, the flats and sharps are only those found on the black keys of a keyboard. This set is available as part of a 6-pack Bingo Bundle, here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/music-bingo-bundle-12178022]. I really hope that you will enjoy my resources and find them useful. I pride myself on the quality of the resources that I publish, and I welcome feedback and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers across the world. I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

This resource pack comprises 10 Code Breaker Puzzles based on general musical knowledge of 10 different areas, and are designed for Key Stage 3 music students. With each puzzle expected to take students between 15 and 30 minutes to complete, they are ideal for individual homework tasks, or can be used in combination to fill at least 2 complete cover lessons. Specifically, the puzzles are based on the following 10 themes: famous composers; instruments; popular musicals; music styles and genres; basic foreign terms (tempos, dynamics, performance directions, etc); notation (signs, symbols, elements, etc); famous classical pieces of music; famous rock and pop bands (mostly from the past); describing music (terms relating to descriptions of melody, tonality, structure, etc); Christmas Songs and Carols (for a handy, fun, and seasonal puzzle). Students use logic and problem-solving skills to complete a code-breaker grid in which each letter has been replaced by a number. Each puzzle has a different theme and contains between 20 and 25 words, names, and/ or terms which must be found from one initial clue-word containing 4 different letters. Each time a new word is discovered, new letters are revealed, and to solve the entire puzzle students must replace every number in the grid with its corresponding letter, correctly spelling out all of the names or terms. Each of the 10 puzzles also contain a variety of shaded yellow and blue boxes, which must be unscrambled after all letters have been discovered, to reveal two final names, words, or terms related to the topic. A full set of answers are provided so that students can self-mark and correct – especially important if you use the activities for cover as you will not want to return to a pile of marking! Additionally, a 2-page Teacher Guidance plan is included to fully explain how the code-breakers work, taking you through an example, and to provide suggestions for extension tasks and for offering extra help to students attempting to solve the puzzles. I take great care to ensure my resources are of the highest quality – both in content and in presentation – and I wholeheartedly recommend them to both you and your students. I welcome feedback and enquiries from my colleague-customers all over the world, and I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. I would be delighted to hear from you, and I thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

A Moment to Midnight is one of my original piano compositions, and it’s a great little piece to add to an A Level recital or University audition program. At just one and a half minutes long, it is perfect for topping up a student program to the required duration. Other than that, it’s not only an engaging piece with enough challenge to keep more advanced piano students interested and busy, it’s a lovely piece to perform at a school concert. So many piano teachers have often told me that they struggle to provide their more able students with modern sheet music in a style that is accessible to them, so I’m delighted to combine two of my passions with this new line of resources for piano teachers. I estimate the piece to be in line with Grade 8 ABRSM standard (some tricky left hand), but I recommend that you please watch the promotional video, which will enable you to decide whether the piece is the right level (and style) for your students. With regards to the style, it’s indebted to the music from the Final Fantasy game series – pieces like To Zanarkand by Nobuo Uematsu – a great inspiration to me as a composer. Included in this purchase is a full PDF score and MP3 Audio of this piece. I welcome feedback and enquiries from my colleague-customers all over the world, and I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. I would be delighted to hear from you, and I thank you for considering this resource for your students. I hope you enjoy it.

This structured resource pack is a great introduction to analysing music and is perfect for young students between Year 2 and 5 who are beginning their learning journey in Music, or for older students at secondary level with lower ability. It is also ideal for cover lessons, home-schooling, and – of course – for a great Friday afternoon class activity! Furthermore, it works really well as a ‘composer of the week’ activity – each Set in this Series includes at least one Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern composer, and no composer appears in any other Set in the Series. Five whole 1-hour lessons are included in the pack with fun, themed colouring worksheets for the students, a 25-slide detailed PowerPoint with up-to-date YouTube links, and full teaching guidance so that you will feel completely supported whether you are a music specialist, or not. This is Set 2 in my Primary Music Listening Activities Series. Full Details: Students use their knowledge of colours to help them understand musical features relating to the musical elements. There are 5 themed lessons, each with its own colouring-in worksheet: The Desert Island; Ramble in the Jungle; The Garden at Night; Down by the River; Lost in Time. A specific piece of famous classical music is the focus of each lesson, and the music has some kind of link to the theme. For instance: Lost in Time is based on the 2nd Movement of Haydn’s ‘Clock’ Symphony; Handel’s 3rd Water Music Suite is the one for Down by the River. Each student worksheet has 8 pairs of numbered statements. Two or three of the eight are opinion-based (such as ‘I like/ do not like this music’). The other 5 or 6 are related to musical elements and specific features of the piece of music used for the lesson. For example: The music is fast/ slow. Each statement has a colour pattern to use, and where statements are a little more complex (such as ‘I can hear only woodwind instruments’ or ‘I can hear woodwind and brass instruments’) they can link their knowledge of colour to reach the right answer. For instance: a child of 5 to 9 years old may not be able to distinguish between woodwind and brass instruments, but they will know that an alligator should not be orange and purple! So, to colour an alligator orange and purple is wrong; it should be Green, which is the colour pattern linked to the correct musical statement. As they colour and listen to the music (which they should always be encouraged to do) they will learn to recognise this sound. I take great care to ensure my resources are of the highest quality – both in content and in presentation – and I wholeheartedly recommend them to both you and your students. I welcome feedback and enquiries from my colleague-customers all over the world, and I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. I would be delighted to hear from you, and I thank you for considering this resource for your classroom or home.

This structured resource pack is a great introduction to analysing music and is perfect for young students between Year 2 and 5 who are beginning their learning journey in Music, or for older students at secondary level with lower ability. It is also ideal for cover lessons, home-schooling, and – of course – for a great Friday afternoon class activity! Furthermore, it works really well as a ‘composer of the week’ activity – each Set in this Series includes at least one Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern composer, and no composer appears in any other Set in the Series. Five whole 1-hour lessons are included in the pack with fun, themed colouring worksheets for the students, a 25-slide detailed PowerPoint with up-to-date YouTube links, and full teaching guidance so that you will feel completely supported whether you are a music specialist, or not. This is Set 3 in my Primary Music Listening Activities Series. Full Details: Students use their knowledge of colours to help them understand musical features relating to the musical elements. There are 5 themed lessons, each with its own colouring-in worksheet: Above the Treetops; At the Zoo; Braving the Dunes; Little Night-Crawlers; On Thin Ice. A specific piece of famous classical music is the focus of each lesson, and the music has some kind of link to the theme. For instance: On Thin Ice is based on the 2nd Movement of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Winter Dreams’ Symphony No. 1; Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals is the one for At the Zoo. Each student worksheet has 8 pairs of numbered statements. Two or three of the eight are opinion-based (such as ‘I like/ do not like this music’). The other 5 or 6 are related to musical elements and specific features of the piece of music used for the lesson. For example: The music is fast/ slow. Each statement has a colour pattern to use, and where statements are a little more complex (such as ‘I can hear only string instruments’ or ‘all instruments play all of the time’) they can link their knowledge of colour to reach the right answer. For instance: a child of 5 to 9 years old may not be able to distinguish between the sound of strings, as opposed to strings with woodwind instruments, but they will know that a Penguin should not be red and blue! So, to colour a penguin red and blue is wrong; it should be black and white, which is the colour pattern linked to the correct musical statement. As they colour and listen to the music (which they should always be encouraged to do) they will learn to recognise this sound. I take great care to ensure my resources are of the highest quality – both in content and in presentation – and I wholeheartedly recommend them to both you and your students. I welcome feedback and enquiries from my colleague-customers all over the world, and I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. I would be delighted to hear from you, and I thank you for considering this resource for your classroom or home.

Ideal for cover, primary outreach, or distance learning, this structured resource pack is a great introduction to analysing music, and is perfect for young students between Years 2 and 5 who are beginning their learning journey in Music, or for older students with lower ability. It’s also great for a regular Friday afternoon class activity, working really well as a Composer of the Week resource. Five whole 1-hour lessons are included in the pack with fun, themed colouring worksheets for the students, a 25-slide detailed PowerPoint with up-to-date YouTube links, and full teaching guidance so that you will feel completely supported whether you are a music specialist, or not. This is Set 4 in my Primary Music Listening Activities Series, and this set focuses on special occasions. Full Details: Students use their knowledge of colours to interpret musical features relating to the musical elements. There are 5 themed lessons, each with its own colouring-in worksheet: The Witch’s Cave; In the Grotto; The Forbidden City; Rainbow’s End; Easter Egg Valley. A specific piece of relevant classical or world music is the focus of each lesson: e.g: the Christmas-themed ‘In the Grotto’ is based on Elgar’s A Christmas Greeting; Whelan’s Lament of Cú Chullain from Riverdance is the focus for the St. Patrick’s Day-themed ‘Rainbow’s End’. Halloween, Chinese New Year, and Easter are the other special occasions in this resource pack. Each worksheet has 8 pairs of numbered statements, 2 or 3 of which are opinion-based, and the others are related to specific features of the piece of music used for the lesson. Each statement has a colour pattern, and where statements are a little more complex students can use their knowledge of colour to find the right answer. For instance: young musicians may not be able to distinguish between flutes and clarinets, but they will know a Tiger is orange and black, not blue and purple! So, the correct colour pattern matches the correct musical statement, allowing students to listen to the music whilst they colour-in, focusing on the sound of a flute, clarinet, or on whatever the musical statement is about; over time, they learn to recognise the sounds. This system allows young students to develop musical analysis skills by building on prior knowledge of colour, not to mention familiarisation with composers and music from the Western Classical Tradition, and even from world music composers in this set. Also, the opinion-based questions offer great opportunities for emotional and social development. I take great care to ensure my resources are of the highest quality – both in content and in presentation – and I wholeheartedly recommend them to both you and your students. I welcome feedback and enquiries from my colleague-customers all over the world, and I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. I would be delighted to hear from you, and I thank you for considering this resource for your classroom or home.

Ideal for cover, primary outreach, or distance learning, this structured resource pack is a great introduction to analysing music, and is perfect for young students between Years 2 and 5 who are beginning their learning journey in Music, or for older students with lower ability. It’s also great as a regular Friday afternoon class activity, especially as an engaging Composer of the Week resource. Five whole 1-hour lessons are included in the pack with fun, themed colouring worksheets for the students, a 25-slide detailed PowerPoint with up-to-date YouTube links, and full teaching guidance so that you will feel completely supported whether you are a music specialist, or not. This is Set 5, and the final set, in my Primary Music Listening Activities Series, and this set focuses on female composers. Full Details: Students use their knowledge of colours to help them understand musical features relating to the musical elements. There are 5 themed lessons, each with its own colouring-in worksheet: On Loch Ness; Stuck ‘Outback’; The Souvenir Shop; Treasure Hunt; Around the Campfire. A specific piece of classical music is the focus of each lesson, and the music has a link to the theme. For instance: ‘On Loch Ness’ is based on the 2nd movement of Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony; Fanny Hensel’s Nocturne in G Minor is the focus for ‘Around the Campfire’. Louise Farrenc, Clara Schumann, and Barbara Strozzi are the other female composers featured in this resource pack. Each worksheet has 8 pairs of numbered statements, 2 or 3 of which are opinion-based, and the others are related to specific features of the piece of music used for the lesson. Each statement has a colour pattern, and where statements are a little more complex students can use their knowledge of colour to find the right answer. For instance: young musicians may not be able to distinguish between flutes and clarinets, but they will know a Koala should not be blue and red! So, the correct colour pattern matches the correct musical statement, allowing students to listen to the music whilst they colour-in, focusing on the sound of a flute, clarinet, or on whatever the musical statement is about; over time, they learn to recognise the sounds. This system allows young students to develop musical analysis skills by building on prior knowledge of colour, not to mention familiarisation with female composers of the Western Classical Tradition, who are often unfairly ignored. Also, the opinion-based questions offer great opportunities for emotional and social development. I take great care to ensure my resources are of the highest quality, both in content and in presentation, and I wholeheartedly recommend them to both you and your students. I welcome feedback and enquiries from my colleague-customers the world over, and I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. I would be delighted to hear from you, and I thank you for considering this resource for your classroom or home.

Bring something a little bit different to your music classroom for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, or Chanukah, by studying and celebrating the wonderful traditional music of the Ashkenazi Jews – Klezmer. This is a fully-resourced project aimed at Years 9 to 10, but it would also work for higher-ability Year 8 classes. There are enough activities for more than 3 hours of fun-packed, exciting, quality learning. This project deals first with characteristics of Klezmer Music, and then moves onto Klezmer instruments. Listening and written tasks are incorporated, here. Students are introduced to the Avaha Rabboh mode with opportunities to create their own. Students then meet Albert Einstein, one of the most famous Ashkenazi Jews, and learn all about his musical talents (he was a violinist!). Then, you have the option to deliver the linked PSHCE task studying Einstein’s lifelong commitment to nuclear disarmament. Students then learn a little about drum notation, before moving onto the main task, which is a 5-part Sher Dance, composed by myself: Poyk; Bass; Accordion/ Guitar; Fiddle; Clarinet (all of which can be performed on a keyboard with synthesised voices). Students are taken through each part, and then set to task on a group performance. Extension tasks offer the opportunity to include dreydlekh (Klezmer ornamentation) in the form of glitshn and krekhts, or to create their own exciting Klezmer drum beat using their newfound knowledge of drum notation. Finally, students assess themselves against the 10-point success criteria on the PowerPoint and complete an evaluation. In this download pack, you will receive: 1 x Starter Word Search introducing key words associated with Klezmer Music (Literacy) 1 x 17-page worksheet with 10 separate tasks covering the whole range of listening, theory, and performing skills, plus contextual and historical knowledge of Klezmer. 1 x MP4 4-minute annotated introduction to Klezmer Music video. 1 x 23-slide PowerPoint, beautifully presented and animated with objectives, outcomes, and every single task ‘chunked’ for easy content delivery, including answers, extension tasks, embedded audio files, and much more. 1 x 4000-word Teacher guide, fully explaining and supporting every PowerPoint slide, along with teaching strategies and other useful suggestions. 1 x Main task focusing on group performance. 1 x Extension task full score in PDF format. 24 x MP3 files modelling the individual parts, the main task and extension tasks. 1 x ‘Einstein and Nuclear Disarmament’ fact sheet. (PSHCE) 1 x Crossword for a homework or revision task. (Numeracy) I am extremely proud of all my resources and I endeavour to publish work of only the highest quality for you. I greatly value feedback, suggestions, and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers around the world, and I invite you to contact me by email at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com should you wish to ask me anything about my work. Many thanks for considering this resource.

This is a whole lot of Halloween fun for your music students! Depending upon ability and age group, there is enough in this pack to keep students occupied and engaged for 1 or 2 whole 1-hour lessons, making it perfect for Halloween Week! It’s aimed at Years 6 to 8, but it can work with any students who have a basic knowledge of music notation. Halloween is coming, and a prestigious Witches Coven are making their annual arrangements to mark the occasion! There are ghosts, ghouls, potions, pumpkins, costumes and… a cat! A cat called Teasel who, for whatever reason, is causing absolute chaos and getting in the way of the Coven’s preparations for the big day! Students are invited to unravel Teasel’s mischief, restoring potions, price tags, playlists, and much more, in order to allow Witches Clara, Wendy, and Abigail to complete their well-rehearsed preparations, and ultimately to save Halloween! It’s a whole lot of fun and students love it – and with full answers and basic guidance provided, you’ll love it too! In the process of completing these activities, students get to use their skills in, and knowledge of, treble and bass staff notation, note durations, instruments, composers, and musical symbols – PLUS there’s elements of numeracy, literacy, and history for some great blended learning during this spooky period. I am extremely proud of all my resources and I endeavour to publish work of only the highest quality for you. I greatly value feedback, suggestions, and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers around the world, and I invite you to contact me by email at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com should you wish to ask me anything about my work. Many thanks for considering this resource.

Chinese Music is a real winner in the classroom - Pentatonic Scales are hugely accessible on keyboard instruments, xylophones and glockenspiels, alike. This project has TOTAL support for teaching and learning. You get a worksheet with 8 tasks on (some short, some in depth, some listening, some composing, some performing AND composing), all with full answers on a PowerPoint presentation making self-marking really easy. Students will be introduced to 4 instruments of the Chinese orchestra, the characteristics of Chinese Melodic writing, including the Pentatonic Scale. They will be taught how to create their own pentatonic scale and how to turn this knowledge into a successful Chinese Music Composition, which has a full checklist of success criteria. Again, the success criteria makes it easy for students to peer assess and for you to quality assure later. For your convenience, a teacher guide is included, detailing a slide-by-slide path through the lesson, linking slides to tasks, etc. Beautifully presented resources - great fun, and lots of learning! This project is perfect for Chinese New Year! I really hope that you will enjoy my resources and find them useful. I pride myself on the quality of the resources that I publish, and I welcome feedback and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers across the world. I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

There are at least 2 lessons (if not 3) here. It is perfect for bridging the gap between GCSE and A Level Music. Although the focus is on the different types of, and quirks within, Binary forms, and the 3 separate worksheets focus on 3 separate piano pieces in Binary Form, developing broader analysis skills runs throughout this project. The 3 pieces I have chosen for the case studies are: Evening Song by Daniel Gottlobb-Turk; The Theme from Mozart’s K.284 Piano Sonata in D Major; and Minuet in G BWV Anh. 114 by J.S. Bach. A Sibelius 5, 6, 7, and 7.5 score for each of these is included in the pack. Each study piece has a 2-page worksheet with another 2-page (detailed) answer sheet, and students are set questions based on harmony, tonality, metre, instruments (including transposition tasks), and aspects of melody, in addition to questions about form and structure. There is also a 2-page ‘key information’ sheet outlining the different Binary Forms (symmetrical, asymmetrical, rounded, balanced, simple, continuous, and sectional). All of this is included on the 14-page PDF document in the download pack. You will also have a handy PowerPoint in the pack in order to help you deliver the lesson: objective and outcome slides; key word/ term slide; header slide for each of the 3 study pieces, and an optional suggested homework slide (JCF Bach Allegretto in F) including links to the score and audio (correct at time of publishing). I used this as preparation for the study of more complex exam set works, and I did so for two reasons: firstly, projects like this enrich the repertoire that students become acquainted with and deeper, longer-lasting learning takes place; secondly, many set works have far too many elements for a lot of students to cope with straight out of GCSE, so simpler pieces like these allow learning to take place quicker. I really hope that you will enjoy my resources and find them useful. I pride myself on the quality of the resources that I publish, and I welcome feedback and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers across the world. I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

This pack is one of six in a series from Rainy Night Music which covers over 350 key words, terms, and instruments listed as Language for Learning on all new UK GCSE Music syllabuses. There is more than a 90% crossover of key terminology between WJEC/ Eduqas, AQA, Edexcel and OCR, and this series covers them all. This particular pack deals with Instruments and Groups. Specifically, the 9 key-word groupings for these activity sets are: Woodwind; Strings; Brass; Percussion; Keyboards; Voices; World Percussion; Other World Instruments; Ensemble Timbres. For each topic stated, there are 8 key words (72 in total) which may form the basis of a theory and listening lesson, but will certainly link the words in a related and structured way - in much the same way MFL vocabulary is taught. Each topic has a word search designed to pre-teach the key words, a flash card template (for students to complete through independent research for homework) to pre-teach the definitions, a mix ‘n’ match activity to provide the actual definitions. Ideally, the actual theory and lesson will follow this to allow consolidation, and then the crossword activity serves as the revision activity. ALL activities have FULL answers provided with this download. However, there is a great deal of flexibility in how you use and get the most out of these activities – my personal recommendation would be to re-use the mix ‘n’ match activity to create an additional resource (where the terms are not separated from one another), and use it for Quiz-Quiz-Trade starters and plenaries in Year 11. I really hope that you will enjoy my resources and find them useful. I pride myself on the quality of the resources that I publish, and I welcome feedback and enquiries from all of my colleague-customers across the world. I can be contacted directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com and I would be delighted to hear from you. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.

This topic focuses on Rhythmic Development, specifically: rhythmic augmentation; rhythmic diminution; rhythmic retrograde; combining techniques. Students are taken through the process with both an information sheet, and a step-by-step PowerPoint. Incidental learning is deliberately included throughout in order to pre-teach things that will come up in other lessons: note groupings; tied notes; rules about crossing the centre of the barline. Independent learning is promoted throughout. 10 x notation tasks develop students’ ability to manipulate rhythms in specific ways which can be applied to composing later on. 10 x listening questions follow which develop students’ ability to focus on rhythmic change, and specifically: tempo (augmentation slower; diminution faster; retrograde and repetition, the same); if it is the same tempo, students must focus on the beginning or end of the rhythm to determine whether it is a repeat or retrograde… the exact same skill required to identify a given rhythm from a number of options in listening exams. All of this comes with a 27-slide animated and beautifully-presented PowerPoint, annotated with detailed teaching guidance notes, to make delivery of the topic smooth and efficient – plus a 2-page student information sheet, 4-page activity sheet, and 3-page detailed answer sheet. With regards to the listening questions, MP3s are provided (and they are always my own compositions), and you may well want to insert the audios into the slide rather than use media player. I take great pride in my resources, and the time and effort I put into them is immediately clear. I am confident that you will find this topic to be fully and comprehensively resourced in order to meet both your needs and the needs of your students… and it will save you (literally) hours of planning, too. I welcome any questions and feedback, and I can be contacted at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. Thank you for considering my resources for your classroom.