Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Specialising in Music and Expressive Arts resources. 28 Years teaching experience and always developing new materials to engage students. Any resource queries, links that don’t work, suggestions etc, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
9 questions, all based on similar questions in the A level paper.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Most questions are 10-12 marks, and do not always feature the 5 mark extended writing.
Features the following pieces of music:
NEO-CLASSICAL
Prokofiev – Gavotte (Classical Symphony) – page 2
Stravinsky – Pulcinella – page 3
Stravinsky – Dumbarton Oaks – page 5
IMPRESSIONISM
Debussy - Colloque Sentimental – page 8
Lili Boulanger – Nocturne – page 10
Debussy – Prelude a l’apres-midi – page 13
EXPRESSIONISM
Schoenberg – Premonitions – page 15
Berg – Wozzeck – page 16
Schoenberg – Valse de Chopin – page 18
All answers are provided, but probably not exhaustive.
As usual, any problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
I am always happy to look at any issues, make corrections etc
6 practice questions (based on typical questions in the EDUQAS A Level exam)
All 5 rotations of Nuages, by Debussy are covered (from Area of Study E - Into the 20th Century)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Mark scheme is also included
Any issues/questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
NEW RESOURCE
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I’ll do whatever I can to sort any problems out for you.
Exam practice questions created specifically for Year 10 embarking on a GCSE Music course, in particular EDUQAS and WJEC. It would also benefit pupils studying other exam board specifications (screenshots illustrate this).
Split into the following areas of study, with key words from the specification developed.
MELODY
RHYTHM, TEMPO & METRE
HARMONY & TONALITY
FORM, STRUCTURE & STYLE
TEXTURE, TIMBRE & DYNAMICS
The following units of work are examined:
Forms and Devices
Music For Ensemble
Film Music
Popular Music
Brand new resource
A 53 page resource that covers each of the composers in the specification.
Ideal to set as homework and revision.
Answers are provided in a separate booklet.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
Any questions you may have, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Features the following cues:
Bernard Herrman
PSYCHO
Psycho Prelude
The City
Marion
Murder
The Toys
The Cellar
Discovery
Finale
Cape Fear Main Title
Vertigo Vertigo Theme
Hans Zimmer
Inception Mombasa
Dream is Collapsing
Gladiator Honor Him
Now We Are Free 25
12 Years a Slave Main Title
Letter Writing
Batman The Dark Knight Theme
Dune Paul’s Dream
Pearl Harbour Main Theme
Michael Giacchino
Call of Duty Introduction
Red Square
Pegasus Bridge Day
The Incredibles 100 Mile Dash
Life’s Incredible Again
Kronos Unveiled
Thomas Newman
Shawshank Redemption Brooks Was Here
Finding Nemo Nemo Egg
Spectre Backfire
Saving Mr. Banks End Title
Nobuo Uematsu
Lost Odyssey A Sign of Hope
Final Fantasy II Rebel Army Theme
FF IV Main Theme
FF VII One Winged Angel
FILM GENRES Chase/Action Themes
Terror/Suspense Themes
Peace/Dream Themes
Brand new resource
4 questions on Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (2nd movement).
There is an overview of Poulenc’s style and there are also extension tasks intended for class discussion or paired work.
Each question focuses on one section (so A1, B1, B2, A2)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
All answers provided, (although I’m sure that there may be more!)
The score that I used for reference was one found on imslp (only one on there, but not public domain in the EU)
Brand New Resource
AQA GCSE Music - Area of Study 2 Queen, featuring Bohemian Rhapsody, Seven Seas of Rhye and Love of My Life
This 37 page resource provides a step by step approach to the teaching and testing of the new set work (please see screenshots).
Each song is accompanied by an elements factfile.
There are structured questions to develop knowledge, accompanied by skeleton scores, followed by 2 mark contextual understanding questions, and 8 mark questions.
Please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com with any queries.
Thanks for looking
Brand New Resource
For teaching from September 2024 for the first exam in 2026
Practice questions based on the 3 songs by Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
Seven Seas of Rhye
Love of My Life
The resource splits each song up into manageable sections and then has 2 mark contextual understanding questions.
Screenshots give a good idea of content, but please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com if you would like any further information.
Brand new resource
This is just part of the Rhythms of the World resource.
It is being sold separately to raise money for The British Red Cross who are raising funds for the Israel and Occupied Palestine Territory Appeal.
The screenshots give a good indication of content.
As usual, any comments or problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource
For teaching from September 2024. First exam in 2026
This is the new set work for the Area of Study Western Classical Tradition 1650 - 1910
It replaces the Mozart Clarinet Concerto
It features Section A style questions on the entire movement, split up into slow introduction, 1st subject, 2nd subject etc
There are several Section B style questions (8 mark questions)
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
There are 28 pages in total
Answers are provided in a separate booklet.
As always, if you have any queries, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
A brand new resource, with practice exam questions, featuring the following concertos:
Vivaldi A minor
Bach Brandenburg No.5
Corelli Op.6 No.8
Mozart Horn K495 (3rd movt)
Mozart Flute - 1st movt
Haydn Oboe - 2nd movt
Mozart Clarinet - 2nd movt
Bruch Violin E minor 1st movt
Bruch Violin E minor 2 movt
Tchaikovsky Piano - 1st movt
All questions are based on similar ones in the OCR past papers.
The screenshots give a clear idea of content.
As always, any questions or problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand new resource for the EDUQAS A Level Music exam.
(PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A TYPO ON PAGE 21 IN QUESTION B. THE OPTIONS SHOULD BE MAJOR CHORD, THEN MINOR CHORD. EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN UPDATED COPY - MISSCREATIVECURRICULUM@GMAIL.COM
I CAN’T UPLOAD IT ON HERE FOR SOME REASON)
An in-depth coverage of the 60s and 70s with a brief overview of the 80s
The following pieces are examined, with a mixture of individual and class development tasks. All answers are provided in a separate booklet. As always, please email misscreativercurriculum@gmail.com if there are any issues/queries.
I hope you enjoy working through the resource as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Screenshots give a good overview of content.
FOLK
Silver Dagger – Joan Baez
Class Development Tasks 1 & 2
Blowing in the Wind – Bob Dylan
Class Development Task 3
FOLK ROCK
Jethro Tull
Norwegian Wood – The Beatles
Class Development Task 4
ROCK
A Little Piece of My Heart – Janice Joplin
You Really Got Me – The Kinks
Class Development Task 5
Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
Caroline, No – The Beach Boys
Class Development Task 6
Class Development Task 7
Jugband Blues – Pink Floyd
Interstellar Overdrive – Pink Floyd
Class Development Task 8
SOUL & FUNK
Try A Little Tenderness – Otis Redding
This Is A Man’s World – James Brown
Class Development Task 9
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Class Development Task 10
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – James Brown
Class Development Task 11
Class Development Task 12
It’s Your Thing – The Isley Brothers
California Dreamin- The Mamas & The Papas
Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
The 70s
70s Folk Listening
Class Development Task 13
Country
Traveling Man – Dolly Parton
Class Development Task 14
Heavy Rock
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
Class Development Task 15
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – AC/DC
Hard Lovin’ Man – Deep Purple
Bass Riffs
Development Task
Class Development Task 17
Punk Rock
Pretty Vacant – Sex Pistols
Class Development Task 18
DISCO
Rock The Boat – Hues Corporation
Class Development Task 19
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Class Development Task 20
Class Development Task 21
Class Development Task 22
Brand new resource, featuring the following pieces of music:
Terminology
50s and 60s Rock and Roll
Rock Around The Clock 1955
All Shook Up 1957
I Saw Her Standing There 1963
Cathy’s Clown 1960
70s & 80s Rock Anthems
Smoke on the Water 1973
Don’t Bring Me Down 1979
Whatever You Want 1979
With Or Without You 1987
70s, 80s, 90s Pop Ballads
Your Song 1970
Waiting For a Girl Like You 1981
Tears in Heaven 1992
90s Solo Artists
Fallin’ 2001
Human 2017
Make You Feel My Love 2008
Make You Feel My Love 1997
Thinking Out Loud 2014
Praise You 1998
See You Again 2015
All questions are based on typical questions found in the OCR GCSE exam. Screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, if you have any questions or comments, please email
misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
A set of 10 practice questions, covering the whole of the 1st movement (Reverie - Passions)
Screen shots give a good idea of content.
Answer booklet is also included.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
BRAND NEW RESOURCE
A set of 5 practice questions covering the whole of the piece PAGODES by Debussy.
Questions are very similar to those found in past papers.
Screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, any problems/issues, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
** Brand New Resource **
EDEXCEL GCSE Music - Unfamiliar Music.
13 exam questions for Question 8 of the GCSE Music paper.
All 4 areas of study are covered : Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Music for Stage and Screen, and Fusions
Handel Concerto Gross Op.6 No 5
Vivaldi: Winter
Mozart: Piano Sonata K545
Handel: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Fallin’ – Alicia Keys
Tears in Heaven
Somewhere in Time
Colonel Bogey’s March
Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Mabel’s Prayer
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes
Oye Como Va
She Moved Through The Fair
Questions are based on examples in past papers - screenshots give a good idea of content.
As always, any problems, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
0’00” – 1’38” 30-31
A series of 18 typical questions based on the OCR specification.
All questions have varying levels of difficulty and are designed to be easily accessible to all pupils, with additional extended answers that will stretch and challenge pupils.
Please see screenshots for typical questions.
Answers are provided for all questions, although these are not exhaustive for the extended answers. Please note that there is an additional WORD document to download with some corrections to the answers. A couple of small errors.
All questions have YouTube links, not an accompanying audio. (This could be created however)
Please email if you have any questions
misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
Brand New Resource for teaching the new set work for OCR A Level Music SET WORK 2024
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op.58
The 26 page resource contains 14 exam type questions (similar in style to Section A of the exam paper), but develops knowledge for Section B. The questions cover the whole of the first movement.
The screenshots give a good idea of the content.
All answers are provided, but these are not exhaustive, particularly in terms of the extension tasks. These are designed to support the essay writing in Section B.
Any questions, please email misscreativecurriculum@gmail.com
If there are any issues with downloads, please contact TES for support if I am unable to answer your queries.
Many thanks.
Brand new resource to help pupils develop their extended writing skills. (please see screenshots to give an idea of content)
Pieces featured include:
General instructions Marking criteria
Examiner Guidance 2022/2023 examiner guidance
Elements of Music Key vocabulary
Piece 1
Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones
Piece 2
Just Can’t Get Enough – Depeche Mode
Piece 3
Blue Eyes – Elton John
Piece 4
Inner State of Mind – Courtney Pine
Piece 5
You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin
Piece 6
Don’t Start Now – Dua Lipa
Piece 7
Thank You Lord – Bob Marley
Piece 8
Til The Love Runs Out – One Republic
Piece 9
Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles
Piece 10
When The Party’s Over – Billie Eilish
Listening Further listening suggestions
3 full GCSE style question papers, featuring the new set works, Anitra’s Dance and Everything Must GO.
8 questions per paper, based on typical WJEC questions.
There is a mark scheme included at the end.