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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.
Elements of Music & Area of Study term card sort
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Elements of Music & Area of Study term card sort

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An assortment of card sorts - you can cut these out, put sticky backed plastic on them, call out a question and pupils fold over the key terms to be left with the key term to answer the question. Can be used for starters, plenaries or other mini tasks. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
Music GCSE Edexcel Capercaillie carousel tasks
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Music GCSE Edexcel Capercaillie carousel tasks

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Useful as either a start into the piece, a revision or halfway through a scheme on Capercaillie. The Year 10 document can be either a Year 10 or a differentiated Year 11 copy. Any feedback would be great, thanks! There are all kinds of other things to be added on to there but it was put together rather quickly!
Moby timeline of events
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Moby timeline of events

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Similar to a Lord Of The Rings resource I've uploaded - a map of what happens in Moby's song; laid out in Cubase fashion (numbers on the top are the bars per box) pupils colour in/mark in which instruments are playing in which section (see second page of Word document). It is in the GCSE revision guide but is useful as a starting task on Moby. Any feedback you have would be helpful, thank you!
Edexel Music GCSE Composition booklet
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Edexel Music GCSE Composition booklet

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A step by step guide of how to compose in the different styles of music. I have used only the following: Minimalism, African, Baroque/Classical/Romantic and Pop. Includes ways to get top marks for structure, developing an idea, exploitation of the medium as well as snippets of example scores. This is based on the previous Edexcel specification. It's a working document so far from finished but feedback would be great, thanks!
Intervals Flowchart
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Intervals Flowchart

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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.
Baroque wordsearch
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Baroque wordsearch

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Wordsearch made up of key terms associated with Baroque music. Useful as a starter to get pupils familiar with words linked to Baroque music.
Elements of Music: Mix&Match
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Elements of Music: Mix&Match

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A quick starter or matching the descriptions to the key terms - melody, harmony, texture, etc. Can be edited for extra words, examples of each element or even, depending upon your class(!), a demonstration of an element. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
GCSE Music Edexcel African example composition
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GCSE Music Edexcel African example composition

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**Update** I have just uploaded the sibelius version as with the change of TES I have been able to upload it. This is an example African composition score with 'notes&' on the score to highlight how the piece is put together. I am creating example compositions to go with a GCSE Composition booklet (have a look through my list of resources). Please leave any feedback you may have, thanks!
Feeling Good Chords and Lyrics
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Feeling Good Chords and Lyrics

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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
Rolling In The Deep Chords and Lyrics
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Rolling In The Deep Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Rolling In The Deep by Adele. 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 diffe
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
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.
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.
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!!)
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.
Your Song (Ellie Goulding version) - Chords/Lyrics
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Your Song (Ellie Goulding version) - Chords/Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Your Song (Ellie Goulding version). 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 wh