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Resources include lesson plans for KS3-5 Music lessons and PSHEE, software guides, chords and lyrics for songs and, more recently, sheet music of own choral compositions.

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Resources include lesson plans for KS3-5 Music lessons and PSHEE, software guides, chords and lyrics for songs and, more recently, sheet music of own choral compositions.
Rhythm bingo! (sort of!)
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Rhythm bingo! (sort of!)

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Students have cut outs of 1 bar rhythms - teacher plays a particular rhythm - students cross off which one is played. It can also be used with a student demonstrating a rhythm and the students working out which rhythm it is or as a plenary as students are leaving the classroom to choose a rhythm to perform.
Blues, Reggae or Acoustic?
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Blues, Reggae or Acoustic?

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Used as a plenary for a short performing styles unit based on Blues, Reggae and Acoustic music. Students work out the style of music from the description, for example, this music originated from the Carribean - Reggae. Can be used to tack on other styles of music to edit it into a bigger scale activity for KS4. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
Buffalo Soldier - Chords and Lyrics
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Buffalo Soldier - Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier. 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 styles of music.
Edexcel AS set work 11-12 music checkpoints
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Edexcel AS set work 11-12 music checkpoints

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Each document is a list of musical checkpoints in each piece for the 2012 exam. Students can cut these out, stick them on a photocopied score or they can be cut up even further and students have to work out to which piece they belong. Easily adaptable for the needs of your pupils. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
AS Music Edexcel Set Works 11-12 Jeopardy
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AS Music Edexcel Set Works 11-12 Jeopardy

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If this is the answer what is the question? An answer is provided for the students e.g. E major and they have to work out the potential questions, of which there can be more than one question per answer. E major = final chord of the Beatles, key of the Perkins, key of the arpeggio sections in the piano/woodwind in the Stravinsky, key of the McCartney's verse, dominant of Haydn&'s song etc. Answers are not written on as it gives students the opportunity to show you and prove their answer is correct. Not an exhaustive list of answers! Any feedback would be great, thanks!
Composition boxes
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Composition boxes

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Students can compose a piece based on rhythms - basic introduction to composition. Students can apply different rhythms, rests, ostinati and structure. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (edited lyrics!)
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Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (edited lyrics!)

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Chords and edited lyrics for Bruno Mars's Lazy Song. Useful for 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
Area of Study 2 and 5 questions
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Area of Study 2 and 5 questions

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Questions in the 1 point list are the easier questions, 3 points are slightly harder and the 5 points are pretty tricky. Students choose which question they answer, write it down, check with teacher and move onto another question. Teacher holds all revision guides and anthologies so if a student doesn't know the answer they can ask. The teacher will show them the answer but they forfeit points. Useful for independent learning and self-differentiation. Could also be used as a research task for students. Easily adaptable to the needs of your pupils. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
I'm Yours - Chords and Lyrics
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I'm Yours - Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for I'm Yours by Jason Mraz. Useful for 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 styles of music and use as a medley with Price Tag etc. (Check out Axis of Awesome on Youtube!!)
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol - Chords and Lyrics
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Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol - Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars; 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 styles of music.
Music: Periods of Music Handbook
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Music: Periods of Music Handbook

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A handbook of information of different styles of music from Renaissance to Film. Including; contextual information musical features of different styles/periods of music suggested/famous pieces and composers Useful for KS3-5 in varying levels of detail. More resources available on my page ranging from KS3-KS5
Tones and Semitones homework
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Tones and Semitones homework

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Year 8 homework - a mixture of identifying keys on a piano, intervals between letters of notes and reading basic treble clef to identify interval.\n\nAny feedback would be great, thanks!
Just The Way You Are - Chords and Lyrics
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Just The Way You Are - Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars. Useful for middle school classes; building up a band; adding in guitars; bass guitars; drums; glockenspiels; singers; backing singers; percussion etc. Also; useful for young high school students.
Yellow - Coldplay; chords and lyrics
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Yellow - Coldplay; chords and lyrics

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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!
Valerie (Amy Winehouse version) - Chords/Lyrics
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Valerie (Amy Winehouse version) - Chords/Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Valerie by the late Amy Winehouse. Useful for 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 styles of music.
Skyfall - Adele; chords and lyrics
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Skyfall - Adele; chords and lyrics

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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!