This resource comes with a student booklet and an accompanying teacher booklet with answers focused on the Level 2 BTEC Tech Award for Music Practice. This resource is aimed at learners who are more technology based.
Booklet includes:
A baseline assessment
Music instruments and music elements
Note reading
Tech FX
Component 1: different styles for each grouping with a MADTSHIRT analysis of sonic and compositional features, example pieces, example artists, retrieval questions and listening pieces.
Western Traditions: Minimalism, Delta Blues, Swing
50s, 60s, 70s: Rock n Roll, Motown, Punk, Reggae
80s, 90s, 2000s: Britpop, Nu Metal, Garage, Reggaeton
World Music: Samba, African, Bhangra
30 second composition, DAW sequencing (with sheet music), horror film composition with log books to support with commentaries.
Component 2: 3 minute composition, planning a composition, production task, tech FX, microphone types, recording on Logic, how to mix, with logbook to support commentaries.
Component 3: how to respond to a brief, chords, note pages.
BOOKLET AND ANSWER BOOKLET
Topics:
Rock n Roll of the 50s and 60s
Rock Anthems of the 70s and 80s
Pop Ballads of the 70s, 80s and 90s
Solo Artists from 90s to the present day
Each style has summary sheets, a past paper listening question and checkpoint questions, as well as revision questions at the end of the booklet.
Answer booklet for teacher use to support with learning.
Booklets for AQA GCSE Music
Area of Study 3: Traditional Music
Topics:
The Blues
African Fusion
Caribbean Fusion (Reggae)
Contemporary Latin
Contemporary Folk Music
Includes:
Information
Composition activities
Performance pieces
Practice exam questions
Wider listening checklist
This resource can be used with no equipment, especially useful for homelearning or in a non-specialist classroom. There are a few lessons covering African Instruments and key words.
Booklets for AQA GCSE Music
Area of Study 2: Popular Music
Five separate booklets
Topics:
Key terminology for AoS2
Broadway
Rock music of the 70s and 80s
Film and computer game music
Pop music
Includes:
Information
Composition activities
Performance pieces
Practice exam questions
Wider listening checklist
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Six lessons worth of video game music (possibly more as based on 100 minute lessons). There is a focus on compositional devices in a video game setting, with the end product being a video game composition.
Lesson 1 - Intro to video game music, consoles through time, keyboard skills
Lesson 2 - Fanfares in video games, composing a fanfare
Lesson 3 - Ostinatos
Lesson 4 - Call and Response and Sequences
Lesson 5 - Listening Assessment and composition
Lesson 6 - Composition assessment
Resource package has all PowerPoints, worksheets and sheet music
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Student Booklet and Teacher Answer Booklet
All listening questions have MP3’s included
Each topic contains a summary sheet, a past-paper listening question and a checkpoint question sheet, as well as summary sheets for all AoS.
Topics Include:
Area of Study 2 - Baroque Concerto, Classical Concerto, Romantic Concerto
Area of Study 3 - Indian Classical, Bhangra, Greek Folk, Israeli and Palestinian, African, Calypso, Samba
Area of Study 4 - Film Music and Video Game Music
Area of Study 5 - Rock n Roll, Rock Anthems, Pop Ballads, Solo Artists
AQA GCSE music workbooks / booklets.
Area of Study 1:Western Classical Tradition
Five separate booklets
Topics:
Introduction to GCSE Music with music theory and key terminology
The coronation anthems and oratorios of Handel
Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven
Romantic Piano music (Chopin and Schumann)
Romantic Requiems
Includes:
Information and stylistic conventions
Composition activities
Performance pieces
Practice exam questions
Wider listening checklist
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, other styles of music at the time, listening questions.
Worksheet includes: listening questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Can be used in the classroom or as homelearning. Applicable to all GCSE music exam boards.
Powerpoints with information of all key words on the following elements:
Dynamics
Harmony
Melody
Metre
Rhythm
Sonority/Timbre/Effects
Structure
Tempo
Texture
Tonality
Topics:
20s to 40s - Jazz and Blues
50s - Rock n Roll
60s - Rock and Beatles
70s - Disco, Punk, Glam Rock, Reggae
80s - New Wave, House, Hip Hop
90s - Hip Hop, EDM, Boybands, Britpop
2000s - Pop, Rock, EDM
Powerpoints and worksheets include listening tasks, composing tasks, performance opportunities, assessed work, post-assessment directed listening tasks
Music Summer Quiz
12 Rounds
Introductions
Tv themes
Eurovision
Classical Covers
Languages
Live Lounge
2023 Hits
Video Games
Coronation Performers
8-bit Covers
Songs For Film
Artist A-Z