Useful for a starter from a previous lesson for chords - multiple choice of: what letters make a C chord, for example, what is a major/minor chord, what do they sound like ('happy' or 'sad' - feel free to use better descriptions!) leading into the chords they'll need for today's lesson for a class band song, which is only one chord away from an Axis of Awesome 4 chord song! Any feedback would be great, thanks! The song on the final slide is Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars.

Useful for a quick plenary or even as a starter to get pupils thinking about numbers relating to Blues music but they have to work out if the next answer is higher or lower than the previous. For example, Q1. How many chords in standard Blues chord patterns? 3. Q2. Blues started in which century? (higher or lower than 3 - previous answer) etc. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

The worksheet is a series of musical checkpoints - pupils put them in the order of what's happening in the music (see added Youtube link). First page of the Word document is the right order and the second page is the handout to groups/individuals. Can be edited to be used with other soundtracks or even orchestral or vocal pieces. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

e.g. What year was Chopin born, what number symphony did Bruckner write in 1869 etc. The answers are at the bottom of the page but pupils research the questions to find the best match answer from the bottom of the page to go with their research. Includes question and answer sheets Any feedback would be great, thanks!

A series of weird and wacky composer facts that may be useful as a starter with Year 7s or 8s on the history of music. Examples include Beethoven's pre-composing ritual, Tchaikovsky's fear when performing and Debussy's obsession. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

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

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.

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!!)

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.

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.

Chords and lyrics for Jessie J's Price Tag. 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!

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.

Chord layout for Someone Like You - a start for students wanting to learn the song. Middle section omitted to make the song 'do-able' in a lesson.

An Adele song for a class to try out; students can learn structure, major/minor chords as well as beats per bar. Useful for High School students to try this song in a different genre.

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

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!

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

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

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.

An introduction into Cubase and Sibelius and an attempt to make it more user-friendly from the start! Includes screenshots, helpful tips and shortcut keys. Feel free to edit pages as you see fit and any feedback would be great, thanks! Sibelius guide updated 22.07.11