Basic functions of how to use Sibelius. A work in progress but I've tried to use the main functions and there are many things that can be added to this. Any feedback would be very useful!

Some key terms from Rag Desh for students to unscramble either for an amusing introductory lesson to see what words they can come up with or for a quick-fire quiz round.

Useful for a class band lessons - chords and lyrics put together in a powerpoint presentation; students can read lyrics, chords and bass notes from screen. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

A mix of Indian Music activities - the instrument pictures can be used as a puzzle, cut them up and students stick back together. Students can work out instrument by descriptor and the final document is useful to differentiate between elements of each performance such as instruments/rag used.

Pirates main theme with arrows pointed at certain symbols of the score. Students have to recognise, identify and name the symbols. It's not the most refined but can be useful for ideas. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Chords and edited lyrics for Cee Lo Green's Forget You. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!

A series of facts associated with either Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat, John Williams and Thomas Newman. Students research online to work out which fact is associated with which composer. Facts taken from Wikipedia.

A basic 'How to..' guide for GarageBand. I have used this with Year 7-9 students and it works as well with all groups. Any feedback, please let me know.

At the bottom of the sheet are numbers - fill in the statement of the various set works with the appropriate number. The actual list is at the bottom of the page so don't forget to remove that before handing out to students! Also, please make sure to check the numbers - I have a feeling one or two may not be correct!

Lego House chords and lyrics. Useful for 6th Grade classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for 9th Grade students who can play around with it and put it int

Useful for improving numeracy of students; task is to count the amount of accents, find the bar of a certain word, count the beats of a certain syllable etc. Handy to use as a starter to introduce the new work. Lots of other items can be added.

The aim is to create a step-by-step guide for students studying Music Theory to work out whether an interval is diminished/minor/major/augmented.

Chords and lyrics for Feeling Good. Useful for classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for students who can play around with it and put it into different st

Musical checkpoints for Steve Reich's 'Electric Counterpoint' - put them in order of appearance. Answers written in on page 1 with several student templates to cut out and hand out.

Useful for a class band lessons - chords and lyrics put together in a powerpoint presentation; students can read lyrics, chords and bass notes from screen. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Key points of the background of composers typed out into sentences. They can be cut up for the students to assemble into groups of the various composers. They can be further developed by adding in a Cloze passage element to them. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Chords and lyrics for Use Somebody - I recently used this for a Year 7 class with a reggae twist, they really enjoyed it and there is lots of scope for adding in a variety of instruments. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Chord layout to Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri with optional key signatures. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

A guide of how to harmonise Bach Chorales. This includes; *example Bach chorales *theory exercises to prepare for harmonising Bach chorales *practice questions *ways to harmonise cadences and phrases using stock progressions *methods to include more sophistication including modulations, cadential 6-4s, diminished chords and suspensions More resources available on my page.

Useful for a class band lessons - chords and lyrics put together in a powerpoint presentation; students can read lyrics, chords and bass notes from screen. Any feedback would be great, thanks!