Mike is a musician and ex-Head of Department with more than twenty years experience in the Secondary school classroom and middle-leadership, specialising in performance, composition and research. An accomplished performer himself (Woodwind) and celebrated Musical Director and Conductor, Mike is able to draw upon his continued professional practice in creating and sharing his resources.
Mike is a musician and ex-Head of Department with more than twenty years experience in the Secondary school classroom and middle-leadership, specialising in performance, composition and research. An accomplished performer himself (Woodwind) and celebrated Musical Director and Conductor, Mike is able to draw upon his continued professional practice in creating and sharing his resources.
’101 Dictation Exercises’ features ALL TEN question papers in one* FANTASTIC 92-page book to help your students practice aural dictation with FAMILIAR pieces of music.
(Now includes additional Student Book - Question papers & Assessment grids only for easy phtocopying - individual worksheets or the entire book!)
Includes ALL TEN papers to work through familiar extracts of Classical, Sacred, Folk, Film, Musical Theatre, Television, Jazz, Pop and Christmas music in one convenient book PLUS additional Marking Grid / Assessment Tracker and manuscript paper for practice questions.
Work through all 101 exercises to develop your aural perception skills
Learn collaboratively or for independent study (can be set as homework, cover work)
Master aural dictation in a fun and engaging way!
Project answers onto the board for tutorial / class discussion
Includes: 10 x question papers (each including 10 x questions), teacher’s answer sheets, Assessment Trackers & Manuscript paper - all as printable PDF’s and 101 x MP3 recordings!
The third in a FANTASTIC series of question papers to help your students practice aural dictation with FAMILIAR pieces of music.
Paper #3 contains extracts from ten need-to-know pieces of Folk Music repertoire.
Work through the exercises to develop your aural perception skills
Learn collaboratively or for independent study (can be set as homework, cover work)
Project answers onto the board for tutorial / class discussion
**Includes: Question paper (10 x questions), teacher’s answer sheet - both printable PDF’s and MP3 recordings **
The sixth in a FANTASTIC series of question papers to help your students practice aural dictation with FAMILIAR pieces of music.
Paper #6 contains extracts from ten need-to-know TV Theme repertoire.
Work through the exercises to develop your aural perception skills
Learn collaboratively or for independent study (can be set as homework, cover work)
Project answers onto the board for tutorial / class discussion
**Includes: Question paper (10 x questions), teacher’s answer sheet - both printable PDF’s and MP3 recordings **
The fourth in a FANTASTIC series of question papers to help your students practice aural dictation with FAMILIAR pieces of music.
Paper #4 contains extracts from ten need-to-know pieces of Film Music repertoire.
Work through the exercises to develop your aural perception skills
Learn collaboratively or for independent study (can be set as homework, cover work)
Project answers onto the board for tutorial / class discussion
**Includes: Question paper (10 x questions), teacher’s answer sheet - both printable PDF’s and MP3 recordings **
The last in a FANTASTIC series of question papers to help your students practice aural dictation with FAMILIAR pieces of music.
Paper #10 contains extracts from ELEVEN need-to-know pieces of traditional Christmas Music repertoire.
Work through the exercises to develop your aural perception skills
Learn collaboratively or for independent study (can be set as homework, cover work)
Project answers onto the board for tutorial / class discussion
**Includes: Question paper (10 x questions), teacher’s answer sheet - both printable PDF’s and MP3 recordings **
A MUST have for your GCSE Music students to practice question 7 on the Edexcel 9-1 exam paper.
Features 10 x question papers of 101* fun and engaging well-known tunes in a variety of musical genres as well as 8 x question papers of specifically tailored exercises relating to AoS1, AoS2, AoS3 & AoS4 of the Edexcel GCSE Music specification.
All as question & answer papers included as printable PDFs AND mp3s!
INCLUDES MORE THAN 130 LISTENING EXTRACTS TO PRACTICE !
For a limited time, grab this selection of easy keyboard arrangements plus two original compositions for jazz combo (“Boondoggle Stomp”) and jazz band (“Hang in There”).
Featuring some easy and accessible versions of those classic pieces your students want to play (including some seasonal favourites!), arranged for piano / keyboard and/or small ensemble.
(Full score included with “Hang in There”).
**Includes 19 x pieces of music to boost your classroom resources / KS3 performance library! **
EIGHT brilliant resources to give your students the experience to practice specifically tailored exam-style questions in preparation for the the Edexcel 9-1 exam.
Features three listening questions for each paper, including an unfamiliar listening question, the set work for each AoS and a rhythm & melody dictation question, as well as a KEY WORDS / VOCABULARY questions to link to the extended writing question!
Includes: Question papers, teacher’s mark schemes, YouTube links* and timings to suggested recordings and an mp3 for question 3 of each paper (Dictation - rhythm & melody)
*An mp3 of all recordings has not been included for copyright reasons *
A very accessible resource for your KS3 students, featuring a step-by-step scaffolded guide to learning this great song!
Features seven simple exercises to help you plan your performance assessments, individual structured sections of the song, guitar chords and chords ‘cheat sheet’
Create your own singer/songwriter band arrangement!
Dictation questions on each specific set work, extended writing practice questions, unfamiliar / wider listening questions and more!
Covers multiple areas of the Edexcel GCSE Music 9-1 specification.
Resources can be used in class, for homework, revision and even end-of-unit assessments.
(Dictation questions include mp3 recordings).
More great resources to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE exam) specific to each area of study. Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework.
Includes question paper (Aos 2 #1), teacher’s answer sheet AND mp3s!
More great resources to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE exam) specific to each area of study. Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework.
Includes question paper (Aos 2 #2), teacher’s answer sheet AND mp3s!
More great resources to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE exam) specific to each area of study. Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework.
Includes question paper (Aos 2 # 1 & # 2), teacher’s answer sheet AND mp3s!
More great resources to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE exam) specific to each area of study. Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework.
Includes question paper (Aos 1 #1), teacher’s answer sheet AND mp3s!
More great resources to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE exam) specific to each area of study. Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework.
Includes question paper (Aos 1 #2), teacher’s answer sheet AND mp3s!
More great resources to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel 9-1 GCSE exam) specific to each area of study. Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework.
Includes question paper (Aos 1 # 1 & # 2), teacher’s answer sheet AND mp3s!
A great resource to practice aural dictation of rhythm and melody (question 7 from the new Edexcel GCSE exam). Can easily be used as a starter, plenary or homework.
Includes question papers (#1, 2 , 3 & 4), teacher’s answer sheets and mp3s!
For all teachers and students undertaking the Pearson Edexcel GCSE 9-1 course, this presentation is a great starting point to give you some ideas for your composition to a set brief.
Contains the exact wording from the September 2024 set brief released by Pearson*
Through more than fifty slides, over 30 suggested listening examples, links and tutorials relating to each off the four areas of study, you will not be short of inspiration or ideas of how to start researching your chosen brief.
Included as both Powerpoint (slides) and PDF versions with hyperlinked images/YouTube videos and websites.
*(I acknowledge that this publication is not my property to sell).