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.
A powerpoint presentation in 2 formats: pptx and PDF with a complete teaching of Beethoven’s Pathetique. 20 slides including videos, the elements of music for score annotation and wider listening ideas with a homework task.
A student booklet to be used alongside the powerpoint for filling in during lessons. Contains exercises, questions to consider, homework tasks and an essay question.
A wider listening sheet with the kind of points they can mention for exams.
A sheet with a summary of the elements of music, in a condensed format.
A sheet with the key words for each element of music in a poster format.
A sheet for students to fill in the definitions of key words.
A vocabulary sheet with the definitions of each word.
A revision exercise sheet for students to use. Match the correct element of music to the sentences about the set work.
All notes taken from The Pearson Support Guide and Edexcel resources.
Conventions of pop revision exercises for the 4 areas of study:
Rock and roll
Rock anthems
Pop Ballads
Solo artists
Match the element of music to the correct phrase.
4 worksheets.
Helpful for the revision of musical features for each era and understanding the musical elements.
Definitions for the key words in the 8 set works for the Edexcel GCSE listening and appraising course. Words divided by the elements of music.
Definitions taken from Rhinegold and Pearson resources.
2 Sheets, one for rhythmic dictation and one for melodic dictation. Tips for students to put into practice when preparing for the dictation section of the exam. Geared towards Edexcel GCSE and A level, but can also be used for any examining board.
A basic summary of the main points you can mention about for The Rite of Spring, taken from The Pearson Support Guide. These are a starting point without bar numbers. Students should refer to their scores to put in context the examples.
Some wider listening ideas with points you can mention about in an essay. This can be used as a poster or handouts for your students.
A powerpoint presentation in 2 formats: pptx and pdf. Includes 33 slides for the complete teaching of the set work with notes taken from the Pearson Support Guide, youtube videos and wider listening ideas.
A vocabulary sheet with key words for the set work.
A vocabulary sheet for students to fill in definitions of the keywords for the set work.
Vocabulary sheet with definitions.
Exercise sheet that can be used as a starter activity in class or for home revision. Match the elements of music to the correct sentences.
Summaries, wider listening ideas and Powerpoint presentations for the 3 pieces in ‘New Directions’ In the Edexcel Music AS and A Level Listening and Appraising section with points you can mention about in an essay. This can be used as a poster or handouts for your students.
Notes taken from the Pearson Support Guide.
Vocabulary sheets with keywords
Vocabulary sheets for students to fill in definitions.
Vocabulary sheets wih definitions.
Powerpoints in 2 formats: pdf and pptx for the complete teaching of the 8 set works for the listening and appraising component in Edexcel GCSE music.
Includes elements of music, Youtube videos, homework task and wider listening.
Most effectively used alongside student booklets where notes include blank spaces to be filled in and activities:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/set-work-student-booklets-edexcel-music-gcse-8-pieces-12247636
All notes taken from the Pearson Support Guide and Rhinegold resources.
Area of Study 1: The Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.
5 worksheets for revision:
Fill in some wider listening examples and a point of interest for each.
Match the ensemble/form to the correct sentence
Answer some questions on Classical Music general knowledge.
Mozart K542: Match the correct element of music to the sentence
Beethoven Pathetique: Match the correct element of music to the sentence
A powerpoint in 2 formats: pdf and pptx for the complete teaching on topic of jazz and blues. 46 detailed slides with listening, performing and composing activities, musical context and assessment.
Some slides use information from Musical Futures.
Vocabulary sheets with key words for each of the 18 set works in the Listening and Appraising component of the course.
Vocabulary sheets for students to fill in definitions for each keyword within elements of music.
Vocabulary sheet with definitions for each key word.
Resources could be used for teachers, student revision or as posters.
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.
4 Worksheets with summaries of the features for the four different areas within Conventions of Pop:
Rock n Roll
Rock anthems
Pop Ballads
Solo Artist
Ideal for studying or to put up as a poster
Information used from OCR books.
Basic summaries, wider listening ideas and powerpoints for the teaching of the 3 pieces in ‘Popular Music and Jazz’ In the Edexcel Music AS and A Level Listening and Appraising section with points you can mention about in an essay. All notes taken from the Pearson Support Guide.
Vocabulary sheets with the key words for each set work.
Vocabulary sheets for students to fill in definitions.
Vocabulary sheets with definitions.
Exercise sheets- match the correct element of music to the sentences.
A basic summary of Mozart’s The Magic Flute based on Pearson´s Support Guide. This is a basic starting point without bar numbers to guide students towards revision using their scores.
Some wider listening ideas with points you can mention about in an essay. This can be used as a poster or handouts for your students.
Powerpoint presentations with 27 slides in 2 formats: pptx and pdf. Uses notes from the Pearson Support Guide for the complete teaching, homework tasks, wider listening and Youtube videos.
Vocabulary sheet with keywords for the set work.
Vocabulary sheet for students to fill definitions for the keywords to each element of music.
Vocabulary sheet with definitions for each key word.
Exercise sheet that can be used as a starter activity or for home revision. Match the elements of music to the correct sentences describing the set work.
Some wider listening ideas for Vivaldi’s Concerto In D Minor In the Edexcel Music A Level Listening and Appraising section with points you can mention about in an essay. This can be used as a starting point and handout for your students or as a display poster.
A summary taken from the Pearson support Guide for students’ revision.
Powerpoint in 2 formats: pptx and pdf with 24 slides. Contains homework tasks, youtube videos, wider listening and notes from Pearson support guide for complete teaching.
Vocabulary sheet with keywords for set work.
Vocabulary sheet for students to fill in definitions.
Vocabulary sheet with definitions for key words.
Exercise sheet that can be used as a starter activity or for home revision. Match the correct element of music to the sentences.
Some essay questions to attempt for section B of the exam, focusing on AoS1 (Classical Music). Questions are based on the set work: Mozart KV452 and on music in the Classical era.
A worksheet that works well as a lesson starter. A scavenger hunt that tests musical knowledge and basic theory.
This is the free version. The version with 5 different scavenger hunts can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12690056