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Free and premium music resources including classroom activities, full schemes of work, posters, practice exam questions, revision materials, and much more! More resources are currently being written, so keep checking back regularly. Follow me on twitter for regular updates @SeanYoung_Music and check out my Facebook page @SeanYoungMusicEd.
In order to do well in their exam, your students will need to be familiar with the key musical features of each of the eight set works listed in the new 2016 Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Music Specification. These posters categorise the key features under each of the different elements of music, and will help your students to learn and memorise these elements effectively!
The collection contains one revision poster for each of the two set works listed in Area of Study 2: Vocal Music
– Henry Purcell, Oedipus, Z. 583: Music for a While
– Queen, ‘Killer Queen’ from the album Sheer Heart Attack
Great value at just £1 per poster!
All posters are supplied in PDF format.Previews of all posters are available in the files list. For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated.
Please leave a review if you like this resource!
In order to do well in their exam, your students will need to be familiar with the key musical features of each of the eight set works listed in the new 2016 Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Music Specification. These posters categorise the key features under each of the different elements of music, and will help your students to learn and memorise these elements effectively!
The collection contains one revision poster for each of the two set works listed in Area of Study 1: Instrumental Music (1700-1820)
– J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major (3rd movement)
– Beethoven: Sonata in C minor (Pathétique) (1st movement)
Great value at just £1 per poster!
All posters are supplied in PDF format. Previews of all posters are available in the files list. For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated.
Please leave a review if you like this resource!
Important: please read the information below regarding skeleton scores and audio.
This 52 page resource contains a compilation of practice questions for the Component 3: Appraising exam for the new 2016 Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Specification. In the exam, students will be required to complete listening questions based on set works from each of the areas of study. The questions in this collection are tailored specifically towards the set works in Area of Study 3: Music for Stage and Screen.
The collection contains:
– Five listening questions based on Stephen Schwartz, ‘Defying Gravity’ from Wicked
– Five listening questions based on John Williams, ‘Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner’, from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
– Three musical dictation questions based on Stephen Schwartz, ‘Defying Gravity’ from Wicked
– Three musical dictation questions based on John Williams, ‘Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner’, from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
– Two unfamiliar listening questions.
– Full mark scheme for teachers.
– Student mark record sheet for tracking progress.
Student Book
– In response to a suggestion made on Twitter by a user of this resource, a student book has now been added which contains just the questions and the mark record sheet, with the answers omitted, to enable teachers to print a whole booklet for their students to use, without them being able to consult the answers.
Audio Recordings
– For reasons of copyright, this resource does not contain the audio recordings that are required to complete the questions. Full details of specific recordings and timings are provided, and for those questions that relate directly to a set work, the recording used is the same as that recommended in the specification, so should be available already.
Skeleton Scores for Unfamiliar Listening
– Unlike the books for Areas of Study 1 and 2, the extracts used for the unfamiliar questions are not taken from music in the public domain. For copyright reasons scores have not, therefore, been included. In place of this, instructions have been included detailing how a score can be made and a suggested score available from Musicnotes.com. The absence of these scores is reflected in the cheaper price of the books for AoS3 and AoS4.
These questions are all based on those that will be found in Section A of the examination. No questions based on those from Section B are included.
A sample question is available to preview by selecting the ‘Sample Question’ file in the files list.
If you purchase this resource, please leave a rating and feedback!
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Update, 16/09/2016: Correction of an error in the ‘Dictation Scores for Teacher’ section, in which the score for Question 11 was incorrect.
Update, 11/09/2017: Student Book added.
This pack of posters contains 12 full colour A3 classroom posters, covering several of the most significant Blues and Jazz composers. These posters are perfect to brighten up your classroom, and help to familiarise your students with the key composers of the genre.
The pack currently contains posters for the following composers:
– Benny Goodman
– Bessie Smith
– Charlie Parker
– Count Basie
– Dizzy Gillespie
– Duke Ellington
– Glenn Miller
– Jelly Roll Morton
– Louis Armstrong
– Miles Davis
– Scott Joplin
– W. C. Handy
For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated.
All posters are supplied in PDF format. Previews of all posters are available in the files list.
Please leave a review if you purchase this item, and share photos of your display on twitter @SeanYoung_Music
This pack of posters currently contains 11 full colour A3 classroom posters, covering several of the most significant film composers of the 20th and 21st century. These posters are perfect to brighten up your classroom, and help to familiarise your students with the key composers of the film music genre, and the scores they composed.
The pack currently contains posters for the following composers:
– Alexandre Desplat
– Bernard Herrmann
– Danny Elfman
– Ennio Morricone
– Hans Zimmer
– Howard Shore
– James Horner
– Jerry Goldsmith
– John Barry
– John Williams
– Randy Newman
For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated.
All posters are supplied in PDF format. Previews of all posters are available in the files list.
Please leave a review if you purchase this item, and share photos of your display on twitter @SeanYoung_Music
This pack of posters currently contains 23 full colour A3 classroom posters, covering several of the most significant composers in the Western Classical tradition. These posters are perfect to brighten up your classroom, and help to familiarise your students with the key composers, the period they were from, and their nationality.
The pack currently contains posters for the following composers:
– Bach
– Beethoven
– Berlioz
– Brahms
– Debussy
– Elgar
– Fauré
– Handel
– Haydn
– Holst
– Mahler
– Mendelssohn
– Mozart
– Purcell
– Saint-Saëns
– Schoenberg
– Schubert
– Schumann
– Shostakovich
– Strauss
– Stravinsky
– Vaughan Williams
– Wagner
More composers will be added soon!
For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated.
All posters are supplied in PDF format. Previews of all posters are available in the files list.
Please leave a review if you purchase this item, and share photos of your display on twitter @SeanYoung_Music
This pack of posters currently contains 13 full colour A3 classroom posters, with one for each of the main instruments of the orchestra, ideal to brighten up your music classroom.
The pack currently contains the following posters:
– Piccolo
– Flute
– Oboe
– Clarinet
– Bassoon
– Horn
– Trumpet
– Trombone
– Tuba
– Violin
– Viola
– Cello
– Double Bass
For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated.
All posters are supplied in PDF format. Previews of all posters are available in the files list.
Please leave a review if you purchase this item, and share photos of your display on twitter @SeanYoung_Music
This pack of posters currently contains 13 full colour A3 classroom posters, with one for each major and minor key signature, ideal to brighten up your music classroom.
For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated.
All posters are supplied in PDF format. Previews of all posters are available in the files list.
Please leave a review if you purchase this item, and share photos of your display on twitter @SeanYoung_Music
This 50 page resource contains a compilation of practice questions for the Component 3: Appraising exam for the new 2016 Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Specification. In the exam, students will be required to complete listening questions based on set works from each of the areas of study. The questions in this collection are tailored specifically towards the set works in Area of Study 2: Vocal Music.
The collection contains:
– Five listening questions based on Henry Purcell, Oedipus, Z. 583: Music for a While
– Five listening questions based on Queen, Killer Queen
– Three musical dictation questions based on Henry Purcell, Oedipus, Z. 583: Music for a While
– Three musical dictation questions based on Queen, Killer Queen
– Two unfamiliar listening questions.
– Full mark scheme for teachers.
– Student mark record sheet for tracking progress.
Student Book
– In response to a suggestion made on Twitter by a user of this resource, a student book has now been added which contains just the questions and the mark record sheet, with the answers omitted, to enable teachers to print a whole booklet for their students to use, without them being able to consult the answers.
Audio Recordings
– For reasons of copyright, this resource does not contain the audio recordings that are required to complete the questions. Full details of specific recordings and timings are provided, and for those questions that relate directly to a set work, the recording used is the same as that recommended in the specification, so should be available already.
These questions are all based on those that will be found in Section A of the examination. No questions based on those from Section B are included.
A sample question is available to preview by selecting the 'Sample Question' file in the files list.
If you purchase this resource, please leave a rating and feedback!
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Update 15/03/2017: Minor corrections.
Update 20/01/2018: Correction of key signatures in questions 11-13.
This pack of posters currently contains 16 full colour A3 classroom posters, ideal to brighten up your music classroom. They range from basic note identification on the keyboard, to posters more ideal for GCSE and Post 16 Level such as characteristics of Baroque and Classical music.
The pack currently contains the following posters:
– Baroque Music
– Baroque Composers
– Cadences
– Classical Music
– Classical Composers
– Dynamics
– Film Music
– Reading Music
– Romantic Music
– Romantic Composers
– Sonata Form
– Tempo
– The Guitar
– The Keyboard
– The Instruments of the Orchestra
– Musical Voices
For the best results, the posters should be printed borderless on A3 paper, in colour, and laminated. A pdf file combining all of the posters and including crop marks and colour bars has been added, should you require it if you choose to have your posters commercially printed.
All posters are supplied in PDF format. Previews of all posters are available in the files list.
Please leave a review if you purchase this item, and share photos of your display on twitter @SeanYoung_Music
A fully interactive onscreen piano!
Features:
- Click notes on the two-octave piano to hear them sound
- Display the notes of common chords in the key of C major
- Hear what the common chords displayed sound like
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This arrangement of the song The Lion Sleeps Tonight contains three vocal groups, one melody and two accompaniment, prepared for a classroom singing session at Key Stage 3 level. The parts have been simplified and are easily memorable, making this suitable to be learned aurally.
This resource contains:
– A score containing each of the three parts
– A lyric sheet with the lyrics for the first vocal part
Please leave a rating and feedback below if you like this resource!
This 48 page resource contains a compilation of practice questions for the Component 3: Appraising exam for the new 2016 Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Specification. In the exam, students will be required to complete listening questions based on set works from each of the areas of study. The questions in this collection are tailored specifically towards the set works in Area of Study 1: Instrumental Music (1700-1820).
**The collection contains: **
Five listening questions based on J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major (3rd movement)
Five listening questions based on Beethoven: Sonata in C minor (Pathétique) (1st movement)
Three musical dictation questions based on J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D major (3rd movement)
Three musical dictation questions based on Beethoven: Sonata in C minor (Pathétique) (1st movement)
Two unfamiliar listening questions.
Full mark scheme for teachers.
Student mark record sheet for tracking progress.
**Student Book **
In response to a suggestion made on Twitter by a user of this resource, a student book has now been added which contains just the questions and the mark record sheet, with the answers omitted, to enable teachers to print a whole booklet for their students to use, without them being able to consult the answers.
**Audio Recordings **
For reasons of copyright, this resource does not contain the audio recordings that are required to complete the questions. Full details of specific recordings and timings are provided, and for those questions that relate directly to a set work, the recording used is the same as that recommended in the specification, so should be available already.
These questions are all based on those that will be found in Section A of the examination. No questions based on those from Section B are included.
A sample question is available to preview by selecting the ‘Sample Question’ file in the files list.
Update 20/04/16: Minor Corrections and addition of ‘Also in this series’ page.
Update 11/09/17: Student Book added.
Update 23/04/18: Improved wording of some questions, and correction of a number of minor errors in the mark scheme.
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