A complete Unit of work on Chinese Music. Includes research on Chinese instruments, culture and festivals, Performance work and Composition work, using the pentatonic scale.

Composing Practice Music Worksheets - Rhythm Composing Activities You’ll get 4 music worksheets (each with a different time signature) that you can use for short assessments, morning work or warm up exercises. Students will be able to easily practise rhythms while having fun! It’ll be a useful resource during your class that will boost your teaching efficiency! Thank you for stopping by! You can contact me with questions about this product. Thank you for all reviews, ratings and comments you leave on my profile!

A full Unit of work based on Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Includes Listening and appraising tasks, Performance task and Composition task, each with differentiated success criteria and evaluations. Also includes embedded link to the music and homework tasks.

This pack contains: 6x listening sheets (PDF) 6x Answer sheets for each sheet This listening pack is suitable for more advanced Year 9 students or students studying GCSE music (14 -16 years). Each homework sheet focuses on a different contemporary composer. Pupils are required to listen to a piece of music on YouTube or Spotify and answer questions relating to the given music. Pupils can access the YouTube clip either by scanning the QR code on the sheet or following the link given. Each listening sheet is marked out of 10. There is an optional ‘Stretch and challenge” question at the end of each sheet worth 5 extra marks. This question requires more detailed use of musical key terms. Composers included in this pack: Elena Kats-Chernin Jessica Curry John Tavener Chilly Gonzales Ryuichi Sakamoto Henri Tomasi

First unit to complete with Year 7 ... Musical Elements Rhythm and Pulse Keyboard pieces Yellow Submarine class performance Instruments of the Orchestra Peter and the Wolf Listening questions Improvising task

Music to encourage listening, movement and composing. This short video is designed to help children listen to music. It’s based on the principle of Peter and the Wolf. Children listen out for the sounds of the river, the storm, the dinosaur and the bird. Then there is a PPT to guide the children towards composing their own piece of music. A “worksheet” to record their drawings or music symbols is included. National Curriculum • listen with concentration and understanding to a range of live and recorded music • experiment with, create, select and combine sounds using the inter-related dimensions of music. Resources include • 1. PPT and video of the piece of music • 3. PPT guide to composing a piece of music. • 4. A “worksheet” for children to draw their interpretations of the dinosaur, the bird, the river and the storm (Pictures or symbols) PPT and jpeg • 5.Info sheet as to contents of resources. • 6. Mp3 of the music .

This is an entire 10 lesson SOW with a Topic Booklet, PowerPoints and Sheet Music all included. A fully integrated project incorporating Performing, Composing & Listening/Appraising. Develops ensemble performing skills with differentiated parts. Designed to help prepare KS3 students for GCSE music by introducing more complex concepts which will allow them to better understand music composition. The SOW focusses on learning how to compose chord patterns and melodies. Students do this by studying 'Man in the Mirror' by Michael Jackson to learn about the key features. They then apply these features to composing their own pieces. Key Features & Keywords Covered: - Lyrics - Instrumentation - Texture - Tonality - Harmony - Melody - Time Signature - Structure (Verse/Chorus) - Mood - Chords / Chord Patterns - Sharps & Flats - Ensemble Skills - Scales - Steps / Leaps - Syllabic / Melismatic - Phrasing - Rhythmic Devices - Repetition

This is a pack of worksheets to be used as part of a Blues scheme of work at KS3 or KS4. The contents include: 1. Improvising using the Blues Scale 2. The Blues scale for transposing instruments and guitar tab 3. The 12 Bar Blues structure for keyboard/piano 4. The 12 Bar blues for guitar and Uke 5. The Walking Bass for piano and bass guitar tab 6. Writing your own blues lyrics (also suitable as a cover lesson) 7. 12 Bar Blues composition worksheet Great for getting students to learn how to play the blues and getting students to form their own bands and ensembles.

These resource materials offer 20 full activities to prepare students for the aural skills question for Music at GCSE level. There are 20 downloadable worksheets and answer sheets, also a copy of the full audio track of the piece. All worksheets are available in SCORCH format and can be printed to be used as individual tasks. It is also possible for teachers to save the worksheets, edit and create more worksheets using the given template.

PowerPoint presentation about the composer Handel. Includes biographical information and listening activities (including listening guides).

Listening, Performing and Composing tasks on the Carnival of Animals by Saint -Saens. Includes homework task and evaluation tasks. Enough work for 3- 4 lessons. Suitable for KS2 and KS3

Enough work for several lessons. Listening, performance and composition tasks based on Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an exhibition'. Includes evaluation tasks and homework task. Suitable for KS2, KS3 and KS4.

Worksheet that sets out a performance task based on 'in C' by Terry Riley. Supports learning about 20th century art music, minimalism and aleatoric music. This is essentially a very simplified version of 'in C', with easier-to-play motifs that are all two bars long. There are 6 'loops' to be performed, though the last two are bracketed as optional (and are more difficult). Full instructions are written on the sheet. Though the music is written out in notation, there are also written-in note-names and beat numbers, making it quite achievable, with modelling, for students with no experience of notation. I have used this successfully with year 9 and with an extracurricular group (a small mixed age/ability school band), but it could be used across KS3 and 4. Depending on what background work and extension tasks are added, this may be the basis of anything from one to three lessons, perhaps more.

An Musical Futures-style informal learning topic aimed at Year 9 classes following on from a cover song performance topic. Suitable for Year 8 students in some settings. This collaborative composition topic follows a three part process of compose-refine-perform to create a 2 section, 3 or 4 chord pop song using vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass guitars and drum kits. Worksheets for each instrument are included, plus a Keynote presentation (available as powerpoint and PDF files) to support learning. Each worksheet is double-sided. The front page is the final lead sheet for the full composition, whilst the reverse contains differentiated options for chords etc. with the possibility of a mix and match approach for personalised learning. Tic-Tac-Toe activity refers to a free worksheet available from LittleKidsRock.org Learning Objectives and topic structure: 1. Compose/Practice (lessons 1 & 4) To know the definition of a chord sequence To be able to create a chord sequence To apply a chord sequence across a group of instruments 2. Refine/Rehearse (lessons 2 & 5) To revise knowledge of chord sequences
 To refine the composition process
 To maintain own musical role in ensemble playing 3. Perform (lessons 3 & 6) To demonstrate understanding of chord sequences To demonstrate technical and creative control of musical elements To demonstrate stylistic and structural coherence overall Uses Dyslexie font to support learners with dyslexia.

Information and tasks on note duration, rhythm, staff notation, drum notation and guitar tab. Performance work using notation, differentiated success criteria, homework and evaluations included. Full term's work.

6 Performance pieces for recorder. These pieces use the notes E (low), G, A, B, C and D and are perfect for concerts/performances. Resource includes play along/backing tracks and sheet music.

A good resource for KS3 that can be used on-line or as cover work. Pupils can fill the worksheet in or they can use it as a starting point for more indepth research. Could be used as a starting point for GCSE.

Used throughout years 7,8,9,10,11. A mixture of starter and more lengthy listening tests with top tips and some top tunes as well! includes mark schemes from the exam board and also examples of how not to do them! The tests are on unfamiliar works so is relevant across most boards. Enjoy!

As part of the topic Conflict, we looked at the rhythm and melody at the beginning of Mars. The children then copied this music and created a small piece of of their own It was very simple, yet effective. Instructions as to how to given. Part two helps children to describe the mood of the music and then examine their reaction to it.. Sound bites included in the Power Point 1 There is a section which helps pupils with the design of their reviews. Part 3 looks at pitch in more depth. See web page for original source

A 'Sector Skills Council' Factsheet on the Performing Arts industry, giving advice on all types of jobs in this area. Employment, careers, job roles, work-related learning, Range of opportunities, Types of work, Skills & qualities and Business structures / work roles, work placements, employability. (Apprenticeships, Further Education, Getting a Job, Higher Education, Work Experience, Volunteering é Gap Year, Self-employment/Entrepreneurship).

A worksheet using formulas to create Major, Minor and Diminished chords. Suitable for KS2 & KS3 students.