Topics:
20s to 40s - Jazz and Blues
50s - Rock n Roll
60s - Rock and Beatles
70s - Disco, Punk, Glam Rock, Reggae
80s - New Wave, House, Hip Hop
90s - Hip Hop, EDM, Boybands, Britpop
2000s - Pop, Rock, EDM
Powerpoints and worksheets include listening tasks, composing tasks, performance opportunities, assessed work, post-assessment directed listening tasks
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions, extra lesson on The Beatles with questions, Beatles quiz.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
BOOKLET AND ANSWER BOOKLET
Topics:
Indian Classical
Bhangra
Greek Folk
Israeli and Palestinian
African
Calypso
Samba
Each style has summary sheets, a past paper listening question and checkpoint questions, as well as revision questions at the end of the booklet.
Answer booklet for teacher use to support with learning.
BOOKLET AND ANSWER BOOKLET
Topics:
Rock n Roll of the 50s and 60s
Rock Anthems of the 70s and 80s
Pop Ballads of the 70s, 80s and 90s
Solo Artists from 90s to the present day
Each style has summary sheets, a past paper listening question and checkpoint questions, as well as revision questions at the end of the booklet.
Answer booklet for teacher use to support with learning.
BOOKLET AND ANSWER BOOKLET
Topics:
Film Music
Video Game Music
Each style has summary sheets, a past paper listening question and checkpoint questions, as well as revision questions at the end of the booklet.
Answer booklet for teacher use to support with learning.
GCSE powerpoints on any aspect of sonority - vocal techniques, instruments, music tech, voices, guitar effects and so on. Appropriate for any GCSE exam board.
A lesson on Danse Macabre that can be used as homelearning or cover. Students learn about Danse Macabre and apply knowledge of the musical elements to a spooky composing task. There are two choices available - Corpse Bride or Nightmare Before Christmas.
One-off lesson on Peter and the Wolf. Can be used as cover or homelearning. Lesson details Prokofiev, the story, the characters, has link to video of the piece, listening questions and a match-up task.
Powerpoint includes: famous musicians, historical context, body percussion activity, theory about form and structure, how to make a disco beat, instruments.
Worksheet includes: disco reading comprehension text and questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, west/east coast feud, musical examples, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Designed for the RSL Music Practitioners course.
Can be used as a two-year course booklet or lots of stand-alone worksheets. Suitable for cover.
Includes research tasks, listening tasks, contextual history, fill the blanks, composition planning and directed tasks.
Topics include:
Instruments, Elements of Music, Functions of a DAW, Blues, Jazz, Rock n Roll, 50s Record Companies, Soul, Reggae, Rock, Punk, Pop-Punk, New Wave, 80s Synth Pop, Grunge, Hip-Hop, Rap, Latin Pop, Contemporary Folk, Indie Rock, RnB, 90s House Music, Progressive House, Tropical House, Garage, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Electronica, Eurodance, Pop, Boybands and Girlbands, Grime, Synths Through Time, Drum Machines Through Time, Samplers Through Time, Guitar Techniques and Effects, Mixing Desks, Mixing Music (Filters, EQ), Recording and Distribution, Preparing Equipment in Recording Sessions, Microphone Types, Polar Patterns, Recording Vocals, Microphone Placement (Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano, Drums), Planning a Recording Session.