This is a shop in which you can be sure of purchasing quality music resources. You truly do get what you pay for, and my prices reflect the standard that you can expect when you purchase one of my resources. Rainy Night Music is a name you can trust, and I invite you to contact me directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com if you have any questions, requests or suggestions. Thank you for your interest, and I look forward to welcoming you as a colleague-customer. Follow me on Twitter for lots more!
This is a shop in which you can be sure of purchasing quality music resources. You truly do get what you pay for, and my prices reflect the standard that you can expect when you purchase one of my resources. Rainy Night Music is a name you can trust, and I invite you to contact me directly at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com if you have any questions, requests or suggestions. Thank you for your interest, and I look forward to welcoming you as a colleague-customer. Follow me on Twitter for lots more!
**A set of 3 tiered Music Bingo Games based on rhythmic dictation. 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 one-bar rhythms – 45 unique rhythms in total. 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 dictate each of the 15 rhythms on the calling card. Each unique playing card has a total of 9 of the 15 rhythms on it.
This set of 3 is specifically designed to facilitate and accommodate progress, primarily in aural dictation, although rhythms can also be read out if students are not experienced in writing down rhythms by ear. Nonetheless, 45 x (short) MP3 files are included in this download to enable the teacher (or even a non-specialist supply teacher) to run this as a listening activity; there are 15 x MP3 files for each game.
The Level 1 game is suitable for beginners, being based exclusively on simple minims, crotchets, and quavers. No note pitches are used; rhythms are presented on a single-line percussion staff.
The Level 2 game is suitable for slightly more experienced musicians, being based on quavers, and both simple and dotted minims and crotchets. Just like Level 1, no note pitches are used; rhythms are presented on a single-line percussion staff.
The Level 3 game is suitable for more confident musicians, being based on semiquavers, and both simple and dotted minims, crotchets, and quavers, including ties. Again, no note pitches are used; rhythms are still presented on a single-line percussion staff.
This set is available as part of a 6-pack Bingo Bundle, here: [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/music-bingo-bundle-12178022].
II 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 is the first movement from one of the three concertos listed on the new AQA A Level Syllabus (for first teaching from September 2016), and the only movement from this work that is required for AS Level. This resource pack comprises: a full Sibelius score of the first movement from BWV 1041 Concerto in A Minor for Sibelius 4, 5, 6, 7, and 7.5, including student versions - all versions included in download; a 3-page student worksheet designed to allow students to gain vital analysis skills; a 3-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 come to expect from the Rainy Night Music brand.
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 (with a fully realised Harpsichord part from the figured bass) of the second movement from Vivaldi’s Concerto in D Major (Il Gardellino) for Sibelius 4, 5, 6, 7, and 7.5, including first and 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 when you purchase a Rainy Night Music resource.
No matter which GCSE Music specification you are offering, every single one of the 190 - let me say that again 190! - activities in this pack will help your students master the language for learning/ terminology/ vocab - call it what you will - for the GCSE Music course.
Included in this pack is:
44 x word searches to pre-teach vocabulary
44 x flash card templates to pre-teach definitions
44 x mix ‘n’ match activities to teach/ revise vocabulary and definitions
44 x crossword puzzles to use for revision activities. (PLUS you can re-use all the mix ‘n’ match resources to create indefinite Quiz-Quiz-Trade activities for revision starters and plenaries in Year 11.)
14 x Interactive Quizzes covering all elemental areas, Music general knowledge, and even common foreign terms (up to ABRSM Grade 5 ABRSM standard).
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.
Flamenco Music is one of the most interesting, fun, and exciting styles of Music that young musicians can be inspired by, and this Teaching and Learning Pack will give you absolutely everything you need… and more!
Ideal for Year 8s and 9s in the UK and Grades 7-8 in the US and Australia, this project is fully resourced and would easily accommodate 2.5 hours of activities. In this download, you will receive:
1 x Starter Word Search introducing key words associated with Flamenco (Literacy)
1 x 4-page worksheet with 10 separate tasks covering the whole range of listening, composing, and performing skills
1 x 4.5-minute annotated video demonstrating the characteristics of the Flamenco genre
1 x 17-Slide PowerPoint with Objectives, Outcomes, Answers for tasks to enable easy marking, and MUCH more
1 x Main task focusing on group performance in the form of a Canon in the Flamenco style with a Ground Bass (composed by myself)
3 x MP3 files demonstrating the Canon, the Ground Bass, and a modeling of the whole performance
1 x Bull-fighting fact sheet for you to incorporate a short ethical debate should you wish (PHSCE)
1 x Crossword for homework to recap key words relating to Flamenco (Numeracy)
The tasks that are set throughout the lesson are broad, well-structured, and well-supported. Topics include: notation skills; knowledge of instruments; contextual knowledge; how to create scales with numeric patterns; composing using a scale; appraising one’s own and others’ work; performing; analysing.
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 key signatures. The unique triple-tiered set of clues for this pack makes each game customisable for a range of different abilities. **
Each of the 3 Bingo Games in this set has all 15 standard key signatures, which are presented in a variety of clefs. 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 3 clues (one easier, one more difficult, and one hard) to describe each of the key signatures on the calling card. Each unique playing card has a total of 9 of the 15 key signatures on it.
This set of 3 is specifically designed to facilitate and accommodate progress, whilst at the same time being extremely flexible. This set contains 3 different tiers of clues, enabling the teacher to focus on anything from counting accidentals and familiarisation with the relevant clef (Clue 1), to thinking about relative minor keys (Clue 3). As such, you can choose to make Level 1 relatively hard, and Level 3 relatively easy simply through choosing which set of clues to read.
Nonetheless, the Level 1 game is based on the treble clef; the Level 2 game is based on the bass clef; the Level 3 game is based on the alto clef.
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.
Ideal for Year 7 to 9, and an excellent choice for Saint Patrick’s Day, this project is fully resourced with enough activities for up to 3 hours of fun-packed, exciting, quality learning.
This project deals first with characteristics of Irish Music, and then moves onto Irish instruments. Listening and written tasks are incorporated, here. There is then a focus on the Dorian mode, and a couple of further written notation activities. The main task follows, which is a 4-part Jig composed by myself: Bodhran (rhythm) part; Chord part for either keyboard/ piano or guitar (chord grids provided); 2 melody/ countermelody parts. Students are taken through the learning of each part, and then set to task on a group performance. Extension tasks explore the addition of a drone and/ or Irish ornamentation (taps, cuts, and rolls). Finally, students assess themselves against the 10-point success criteria on the PowerPoint and evaluate their achievement.
In this download pack, you will receive:
1 x Starter Word Search introducing key words associated with Irish Music (Literacy)
1 x 11-page worksheet with 10 separate tasks covering the whole range of listening, theory, and performing skills, plus contextual and historical knowledge of Ireland.
1 x 3-minute annotated video demonstrating the 4 main characteristics of Irish Music with plenty of incidental learning embedded.
1 x 22-Slide PowerPoint which is beautifully presented and animated with Objectives, every single task ‘chunked’ for easy content delivery, Answers, extension tasks, and much more.
1 x Main task focusing on group performance in the form of an Irish Jig (composed by myself)
27 x MP3 files modelling the individual parts, the main task and extension tasks.
1 x Potato Famine fact sheet, focusing on the responsibility of government in crisis situations, and specifically the British government’s role in the deaths of so many Irish. (PSHCE)
1 x Crossword for homework to recap key words relating to Irish Music (Numeracy)
I am extremely proud of all my resources and I endeavour to publish work of only the highest quality - you get what you pay for. 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 resource comprises 10 worksheets designed to secure, revise, and test knowledge of Rhythm and Metre. Aimed at Key Stage 3 Students, each worksheet should take between 15 and 30 minutes to complete, making them perfect for homework tasks or tests, but also allowing you to set only a few questions as a starter or combine whole worksheets into cover lessons for a supply teacher. If you use it for the latter, you needn’t worry about coming back to a huge pile of marking because full answers and a detailed teacher guide are also included in this resource pack, so students can mark and correct their own work, and teachers with limited specialist subject knowledge are supported.
Specifically, the worksheets incorporate the following types of activity: maths with note duration symbols (dotted and un-dotted notes); identifying metres (simple and basic compound time); adding missing bar lines (simple and basic compound time); adding missing note durations from bars (simple and basic compound time); developing rhythms using augmentation and diminution techniques (doubling and halving note values into a new time signature – 2/4 to 2/2 for example). A handy little guide to duration, which can be printed as small cards ahead of the lesson, has been included so that students can simply work the notes out, even if they are only vaguely familiar with note duration symbols – so everything has been thought of for your convenience.
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 (Steve). I would be delighted to hear from you, and I thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.
This substantially resourced pack builds upon prior knowledge of intervals, major and minor scales, including the creation of triads, through a detailed study of the Pentatonic Scale and its modes, alongside the two most common Hexatonic Scales, the Whole Tone Scale and the Blues Scale. It is appropriate for all GCSE Music exam boards, AQA, Edexcel, OCR, and Eduqas, and should take about 2 hours to teach. It may also be used as a bridging topic for A Level Music.
Specifically, the pack includes the following high-quality materials: an original 6-page text-book style handout, with diagrams and annotations, covering the entire content of the topic; a 5-page worksheet containing written activities relating to the creation of the scales and their triads, and a listening activity relating to the recognition of Blues Scale, Pentatonic, and Whole Tone melodies; 10 x 30-second-long MP3 files for the listening activity (also embedded into the PowerPoint); 1 x 34-slide comprehensive and beautifully animated PowerPoint, with detailed teaching guidance notes for every single slide, making delivery of content an absolute breeze; 4-page answer sheet for the activities. Please note that the handout, activity sheet, and answer sheet are all on the same (15-page) PDF document.
The content in this topic will enable students to create Pentatonic, Blues, and Whole Tone Scales and triads, understand how the Pentatonic Scale is placed into modes to change its sound, and they will gain vital experience in hearing and distinguishing between melodies made from these scales. It will be invaluable for their composition work, increasing the scope of their imaginations with regard to tonality.
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.
This resource bundle comprises more than 10 hours of activities across 50 Worksheets, designed for Years 7 to 9. The worksheets can be used in a variety of ways, including as starters, homework tasks, tests, revision, and even as games in some cases.
Specifically, the contents and topics of the worksheets in this pack are as follows:
10 x worksheets on Staff Notation, where students complete activities based on pitch and writing notes on the bass and treble staves.
10 x worksheets on Rhythm and Metre, where students complete activities based on note lengths and time signatures.
10 x 15-clue crossword puzzles based on general musical knowledge, which is great for revision and cover lessons.
10 x 21-clue word search puzzles based on general musical knowledge, which is great for teaching key words. This pack also has 10 x 1-hour plans for cover lessons based on the themes of the word search!
10 x 25-clue code breaker puzzles based on general musical knowledge, which are great for revision, homework, and just for fun.
If you regard clues as questions (which I do!), there are at least 870 questions for students to get stuck into in this pack. When you consider that several of those questions have 2 or more parts, there’s probably over 900, making this an excellent choice for Key Stage 3 Music teachers, especially if you are teaching the subject for the first time.
As always, 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.
This resource pack comprises 10 Word Search Puzzles based on 10 different musical themes, and they are designed for Years 7 to 9, but can also be used as revision for slightly older students. Each puzzle has 21 words to find, 20 of which are stated on the puzzle, and 1 of which has a riddle as a clue. The puzzles are flexible in how they can be used, but are primarily aimed at being the basis for cover lessons. As such, a 3500-word document, setting out 10 x 1-hour lesson plans for supply teachers is included with this pack. In each case, the word search is the starting point, and a variety of cover-appropriate suggested activities follow, along with detailed support to guide a cover teacher, who may have little or no specialist musical knowledge, through the lesson.
Specifically, the themes of the word searches (and lesson plans) are based on the following: famous composers; orchestral instruments; world instruments; Broadway musical characters; music styles and genres; basic foreign terms (tempos, dynamics, performance directions, etc); signs and symbols; elements and eras; Soul and Motown artists; describing music (terms relating to descriptions of melody, tonality, structure, etc). Furthermore, a clear and full set of answers are provided for the word searches themselves, so that students can self-mark and correct.
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 complete Program of Study for Classical Music for Key Stage 3, Years 7 to 9. Up to 4 hours of activities, comprehensively resourced, fully supported, and beautifully presented.
This project deals first with key characteristics of Classical Music, and then moves on to instruments of the era. Listening and written tasks are incorporated, here. There is a focus on homophonic texture, contrasting themes, Alberti Bass, and Sonata Structure. There are written notation activities at an appropriate level to further consolidate and extend this learning. The central performance task revolves around an original string quartet, composed by myself, and guidance relating to dynamics and articulation – again, at an appropriate level – is inherent within the worksheet and teacher PowerPoint support, which also includes a 10-point success criteria against which students may grade themselves.
Specifically, in this download pack, you will receive the following:
1 x 20-clue Word Search Activity with full answers, introducing all key words associated with this Classical Music Project (Literacy).
1 x 12-page worksheet with 10 separate tasks covering the whole range of listening, theory, and performing skills, plus contextual and historical knowledge of Classical Music and the Classical Era.
1 x 4-minute annotated video demonstrating the 4 main characteristics of Classical Music with plenty of incidental learning embedded.
1 x 23-Slide PowerPoint which is beautifully presented and animated with Objectives, every single task ‘chunked’ for easy content delivery, Answers for worksheet tasks, extension tasks explained, and much more including full instructions on each slide, constituting a comprehensive project plan.
1 x Main Performance Task focusing on group performance in the form of a 1-minute-long String Quartet in Variation form (composed by myself).
36 x (short) MP3 files modelling the individual parts, the main task, extension tasks, and key learning.
1 x ‘Body-Snatching’ fact sheet, focusing on the story of Haydn’s Head, its link to medical research and the ethics surrounding the practice then and now, in context. (PSHCE)
1 x 15-clue Crossword Activity with full answers that can be used for homework, revision, or even testing of key learning (Numeracy).
1 x 3800+ word annotated Teacher Guidance plan to the entire project.
As always, 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.
This resource comprises 10 worksheets designed to secure, revise, and test knowledge of Rhythm and Metre. Aimed at Key Stage 4 Students, each worksheet should take around 35-40 minutes to complete, making them perfect on an individual basis for homework tasks, tests, distance-learning, revision activities, and collectively, as full cover lessons suitable for a supply teacher. If you use it for the latter, you needn’t worry about coming back to a huge pile of marking because full answers and a detailed teacher guide are also included in this resource pack, so students can mark and correct their own work, and teachers (or parents) with limited specialist subject knowledge are well supported.
Specifically, the worksheets incorporate the following types of activity: adding beams in simple and compound metres, focusing particularly on rules regarding crossing the centre of the bar; re-writing 4-bar rhythms using tied notes to correct errors in note grouping and placement in both simple and compound metres; re-writing 4-bar rhythms using the correct rests to correct errors in rest grouping and placement in both simple and compound metres; adding barlines to complex rhythms which include double-dotted notes and rests in both simple and compound time; re-writing short 4-bar rhythms which contain a variety of errors taken from all topics in Worksheets 1 to 8 (beams, tied notes, rests, double-dotted notes and rests). In total, there are 110 in-depth questions spread across 10 high-quality worksheets – all of which include helpful, relevant information and guidance for the students, and should keep them busy for well over four hours. There is also a full teacher guide with suggested solutions for common problems, which will help you to support the learning in whatever environment you find yourself teaching.
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 great bundle is also appropriate for Year 8, and it contains SEVEN separate fully-resourced projects: 3 x World Music Projects (African, Chinese, and Indonesian Gamelan); 2 x Bridging units (Notation and Composing); 1 x cover lesson pack for 2 continuous 1-hour lessons (History of Music). On top of this, you also get my ‘flagship’ Key Stage 3 resource based on the Harry Potter series, which is great for any time of the year and especially so at Halloween and Christmas.
If you are one of my many Australian or American colleague-customers, this bundle suits Grades 6-8.
All enquiries warmly welcomed to rainynightmusic@hotmail.com
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 Articulation, Dynamics and FX. Specifically, the 7 key-word groupings for these activity sets are: Vocal Techniques & FX; Orchestral Techniques & FX; Guitar Techniques & FX; Studio Techniques and Devices; Studio Processes and FX; Volume Dynamics; Common Articulation Markings.
For each topic stated, there are 8 key words (56 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 pack includes 4 x substantially well-resourced and structured topics, which are not just suitable for, but essential for every GCSE Music specification (AQA, Edexcel, OCR, and Eduqas).
The lessons cover the following topics:
Articulation
Chords and Cadences
Ornaments
Rhythmic Development
For clarity, each lesson pack includes the following:
Detailed take-home Information sheet for students
Detailed Worksheet
Detailed PowerPoint with Answers, objectives, outcomes, content delivery
Listening Test (10 questions with 10 MP3 files exported from Sibelius).
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 is the first movement from one of the three concertos listed on the new AQA A Level Syllabus (for first teaching from September 2016), and the only movement from this work that is required for AS Level. This resource pack comprises: a full Sibelius score of the first movement from Vivaldi’s Concerto in D Major (Il Gardellino) for Sibelius 4, 5, 6, 7, and 7.5, including student versions - all versions included in download; a 7-page student worksheet designed to allow students to gain vital analysis skills; a 7-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.
Put simply: if you teach AQA A-Level Music (new specification 2016+), then this is the best £9 you will ever spend. Yes, there are a couple of things that are specific to my school in terms of its policies on how, when, and who decides when a student is AS or A Level, and a couple of things specific to my own department policies, but that does not detract from what this is: a fully comprehensive guide to the requirements of the AQA AS and A Level Music courses, as interpreted by an experienced Head of Music.
I have always used such a video (this one was only made last year, 2016, for the new specification), but it has been shared to the school’s Google Classroom and Moodle for both students and parents to view at their leisure. There is not a single student or parent who could say ‘I didn’t know about that’.
This video covers: the differences between AS and A Level Music in terms of both content, weightings, and standards for each of the 3 elements of the course; the set works, including a decent amount of background teaching to the various composers and genres listed; a guide to learning independently - from how to take notes in class, to how to share information with other students, produce detailed notes, and expand those notes through a series of low, medium, and high-level questions (all explained on the video). This insight into ‘how’ to learn at VI Form was actually taken up as a whole-school model for my school by the SLT. Students do not necessarily know ‘how’ to conduct the necessary independent research outside of the classroom - this video dedicates at least 25 minutes to just that. Don’t forget it also instructs parents how to assist, and as it comes with a Site License option, should you take that up, you are free to put this on your own school e-learning platform so that your students and parents may benefit as much as mine. I have even used this video for staff training, with great feedback.
You will need to provide the students with print-outs of the AQA Specs which are referred to in the video - I wouldn’t include those PDFs here in case it looks like I am selling the specs! The PDF resources included in this are referred to in the video and are to do with the independent learning. I hope that you get as much benefit from this video in your school as I do in mine. Thank you for buying Rainy Night Music.
Students can’t get enough of this project! There are up to 5 hours of fun to be had, here, and it all comes with beautiful original resources based on ideas from the Harry Potter series, which have then been developed into a complete musical project, which is ideal for either Halloween or Christmas.
The project is based on 20 short themes, taken from over 500 years of music history. The composer of the music from which the theme is taken is known as the ‘Composer Wizard’. Each ‘wizard’ has their own card upon which the theme (or ‘spell’) is presented alongside some basic facts about the ‘wizard’ themselves, and some musical element advice to make the spell stronger (dynamics, timbre, etc). The Composer Wizard Cards can be obtained through answering a series of clues - 3 for each card (the Wizard Card Hunt). This part of the project allows students to do some independent learning, researching on the internet, eventually finding the ‘password’ to the next clue, and ultimately to each of the 20 Wizard Cards.
Students work in teams, or Houses, to gather as many Wizard Cards as they can during ‘the hunt’, and then spend time learning the spells in preparation for the ‘musical duel’. There are 10 curse spells and 10 antidote spells, all of which have an MP3 audio in the download for this resource. You will also receive 20 x beautifully presented Wizard Cards, 60 x stylishly presented Wizard Card Clues, 1 x master answer card, 1 x completed and organised ‘fixture list’ for the musical duel, 1 x sheet with House Badges (Lions, Snakes, Badgers, and Ravens) for you to print and use in a ‘sorting’ process, should you wish to, and 1 x full project overview supporting the teacher with regard to the successful running of this project.
You have everything you need in this download for a really fun project, and whilst it works brilliantly at Halloween or Christmas, it is actually a wonderful introduction to Western Classical Music at any time of the year! As always, I am very proud of the quality of this resource, and I hope that you and your students will find as much enjoyment in completing this project as my own students have done. I welcome feedback from all my colleague-customers, and you can contact me at rainynightmusic@hotmail.com. Thank you for considering this resource for your classroom.
Ideal for Year 7 to 9, and an excellent choice to both celebrate and learn about Greek Music, this project is fully resourced with enough activities for up to 3 hours of fun-packed, exciting, quality learning.
This project deals first with styles of Greek Music, and then moves onto Greek instruments. Listening and written tasks are incorporated, here. There is a focus on the characteristics of the Hasapiko style, including use of the Ionian mode with added chromatic notes, melody in 6ths, dotted rhythms, off-beat chords, and a couple of written notation activities further consolidate this learning. The main task follows, which is a 4-part Hasapiko Dance composed by myself: Bass; Chords (notated for both keyboard and guitar); Melody Line; Harmony Line. Students are taken through the learning of each part, and then set to task on a group performance. Extension tasks explore the addition of articulation and tempo changes, and also a composition task, using their knowledge of the characteristics of the style to write a short introduction to the main task.
Finally, students assess themselves against the 10-point success criteria on the PowerPoint and evaluate their achievement.
In this download pack, you will receive:
1 x Starter Word Search introducing key words associated with Greek Music (Literacy)
1 x 14-page worksheet with 10 separate tasks covering the whole range of listening, theory, and performing skills, plus contextual and historical knowledge of Greece.
1 x 4-minute annotated video demonstrating the 4 main styles of Greek Music with plenty of incidental learning embedded.
1 x 24-Slide PowerPoint which is beautifully presented and animated with Objectives, every single task ‘chunked’ for easy content delivery, Answers, extension tasks, and much more, including full instructions on each slide, constituting a comprehensive project plan.
1 x Main task focusing on group performance in the form of a Greek Hasapiko Dance (composed by myself)
23 x MP3 files modelling the individual parts, the main task and extension tasks.
1 x ‘Pythagorean Diet’ fact sheet, focusing on Pythagoras’ vegetarian lifestyle, considering modern issues surrounding the topic. (PSHCE)
1 x Crossword for homework to recap key words relating to Greek Music (Numeracy)
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