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!

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 quiz covering the set works by Weelkes, Haydn, Stravinsky, Perkins and Beatles plus some key terms. This is not fully complete as there is an audio section (finding the videos on Youtube) as well as a visual music extract section; I planned to add in a few random bars (in sequence) of a part of each set work for students to recognize. This can be easily edited, added to etc.

Useful for putting landmarks on the vocal set works (Weelkes, Handel, Stravinsky, Beatles and Carl Perkins). Examples include: Cadential 6-4s, first theme appearing, E major chord etc. students can cut these out and stick them on a magnified and/or photocopied score to highlight areas of theoretical interest. Lots more terms that can be added.

This is useful if you make a photocopy of the Grace score. This document is for students to cut out the key terms and stick them in their paper scores, color them in etc. Useful as a review tool or in applying key terms.

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.

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.

A bizarre list of words that describes things that we would normally call a 'thingamajig&' e.g. creating the shape of a bowl with your hands is called a &';gowpen', the moment when you realise what you should&'ve said in a conversation is 'l&';esprit d'escalier' and &'phosphenes&'; are the swirling lights you see when you rub your eyes. There are lots of other words there that students can choose which is the correct definition. A fun form time and PSHE filler!

A Sibelius guide aimed at Year 8 students and above; shortcuts, basic functions and tips.\n\nAny feedback would be great, thanks!

Year 8 homework - previous topic is on tones and semitones - helps students to work out notes in the chords, accidentals needed and how to write them on the bass clef.\n\nAny feedback would be great, thanks!

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.

This includes: what the students are required to do, how to achieve top marks for developing/exploitation/structure, how to start various styles of composition and how to develop them. Example images of compositions provided, Shoenberg chord chart for working out what appropriate chords to use and Sibelius shortcuts.\n\nAny feedback on what can be added would be great, this is a working document and has been for a few months!

Can be used to print - cut out - laminate - write names of instruments on back of the instruments to be used as a starter/plenary: identify the instruments, instrument 'snap&', pictionary, hangman etc.

A list of questions on the harmony and themes of the Symphony of Psalms by Stravinsky. Cut up each sentence and students find the answer for the question. The amount of points per question determines the difficulty of the question. No answers are provided so students have to show you the answer or prove the answer. Can be used for other elements of the Stravinsky or other elements of the other set works.

A cut-out guitar fretboard layout for students - useful for class band lessons, students can learn how to read the layout and work out which notes they may need.

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.

A 'Call My Bluff' of Jeff Buckley key terms - there are three definitions of certain key terms in Grace. Students work out which is the best fit. There are some definitions that students can discount straight away; e.g. EQ is not ET's cousin. Other key terms can be used. Useful for a starter for Grace and could be used for a review aid if the options are harder to discern the difference between.

This is a fun game as part of the end of a lesson or start to look at composers. Students have to work out the composer/band/singer from pictures e.g. the example is a picture of a door handle; from there the students 'say what they see' and work

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!

An open task for KS3 - Year 7 task or Year 9 revision. Feel free to cater it to the needs of your class, there are lots of other key terms that can be added and lots of other tasks that can branch off from this.