I'm a Music teacher with over 20 years experience of making my own high quality resources for all my students from KS3 to A Level. All my lessons and Schemes of Learning are fully resourced, although you may need to add YouTube links where specified. They have all been tried and tested and have led to excellent outcomes for my students.
I'm a Music teacher with over 20 years experience of making my own high quality resources for all my students from KS3 to A Level. All my lessons and Schemes of Learning are fully resourced, although you may need to add YouTube links where specified. They have all been tried and tested and have led to excellent outcomes for my students.
A worksheet containing a practical keyboard task suitable for a standalone or cover lesson for Year 7 or 8. The tasks ask students to identify the notes of a simple melody (there is a help section on the sheet), then learn to play it in pairs, adding a simple drone or ostinato accompaniment. The extension task then gets them to rearrange the bars in a musical jigsaw and learn their own new version of the melody. This will easily fill a cover lesson and can also be used for instruments other than keyboards.
This two-book bundle is a complete course in harmonising Bach Chorales for students preparing for the Edexcel Music A Level. Designed for you to print out, Part 1 takes them from an introduction to 4-part harmony, through the four cadences to recognising and using Bach’s fingerprint cadential patterns. Part 2 introduces modulations and more complex chord patterns, as well as some key stylistic features that will help them achieve the highest marks in A Level exams. All explanations and exercises are included. No other resources needed.
A standalone task suitable for a practical cover lesson for Year 8 or 9. The worksheet contains a simple 8-bar melody with advice on how to work in pairs to harmonise it using chords from a option list. Then they should learn to play the melody with their harmonisation at a keyboard or with a melody instrument and guitar. Extension activity included. This task easily lasts an hour and all the help required is on the sheet.
A worksheet containing a practical keyboard task suitable for a standalone or cover lesson for Year 7 or 8. The tasks ask students to identify the notes of a simple melody (there is a help section on the sheet), then introduces the idea of pentatonic melodies. Students learn to play the piece in pairs, adding a simple drone or ostinato accompaniment. The extension task then asks them to create their own pentatonic note bank and use it to create a new melody. This will easily fill a cover lesson and can also be used for instruments other than keyboards.
Two listening questions for Edexcel Music A Level set work Bredon Hill, the third song in the Vaughan Williams group ‘On Wenlock Edge’. Each one includes the questions, a skeleton score and a mark scheme, as well as precise instructions on which extract to play from the Anthology (or on a YouTube clip, if you prefer). Great for use in class or to set as independent learning. Also available in a bundle with questions for the other two songs in the set work.
This work sheet has all the instructions for a standalone or cover lesson on programme music. It explains the terminology and gives a definition, then sets a practical task based on a choice of three stimulus ideas, including one image. There is no need for notation and this will suit any variety of instrumentation or technology. There is enough work to easily fill a lesson and an opportunity for students to show their work at the end, if your circumstances allow that.
A practice listening question on the Prelude from Psycho for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.
Two listening questions for Edexcel Music A Level on On Wenlock Edge, the first song in the Vaughan Williams Cycle. Each one includes the questions, a skeleton score and a mark scheme, as well as precise instructions on which extract to play from the Anthology (or on a YouTube clip, if you prefer). Great for use in class or to set as independent learning. Also available in a bundle with questions for the other two songs in the set work.
A set of listening questions for the three songs from On Wenlock Edge in the Edexcel Music A Level specification. There are two questions for each song, each one comprising the questions, a skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as precise instructions on which extract to play from the Anthology recording or from a YouTube link, whichever works better for you. Great for use in class or for setting as independent or revision work, if you give your students the mark scheme. Can be printed out or easily uploaded for a digital classroom.
Also available as pairs of questions for the individual songs.
This fully resourced SoL comprises 7 lessons, with slides, tasks, the teaching notes and student templates I created for my classes, as well as a map of suggested wider listening, with key features for comparison. You will need to add a YouTube link as suggested but everything else is there for you. This SoL has given great results for my students and has been revised and developed. The teaching notes and template contain five practice 30-mark questions and a glossary.
This scheme of learning includes six fully resourced lessons, a quick quiz and the teaching notes and student notes template that I created for my classes. You will need to add in some YouTube links where indicated. The teaching notes include a collection of practice questions for Q6 in the Edexcel exam paper.
A complete course for harmonising Bach Chorales, Book 1. Introduces 4-part harmony for Edexcel A Level Music, with explanations and practice exercises. Suitable for downloading and printing, this work book will take students through the first year of their A Level Music harmony course. It starts with an introduction to 4-part harmony and teaches basic cadences, key cadential formulas and gives practice in harmonising short phrases. (Book 2 will take them to the final harmony exam). No additional resources required.
Word search suitable for part of a cover lesson or a starter/plenary for Year 7 or 8. All the terms link with a typical school Christmas. Would also work as part of a mix and match activity set.
This worksheet and practical project is ideal for a Year 7 class, to use the last 2 or 3 lessons in the Christmas term. It would also work for an extended cover project, as you have all the instructions on the sheet and your students can work independently to complete the 3 tasks. In lesson 2, they are asked to complete a story that begins where Father Christmas has gone missing; they will use their imaginations to decide where he has gone and how Mrs Claus and the elves are going to get him back. Lesson 2 is a practical lesson, where they can work individually, in pairs or groups to create a piece that accompanies part of their story. They can do this as a purely practical task, if you prefer, but there is help to support some notation as well. In lesson 3, their piece is going to be part of a Christmas album, so they should design the album cover. This can be done on paper or on computers. The whole project is on a double sided sheet of paper but is easily adaptable to an IT-based project if you prefer.
A practice listening question on Birth of a Penguin Part 1 from Batman Returns for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.
Four original listening questions on Batman Returns, for the Edexcel Music A Level, one for each of the cues in the Anthology. Each one has a set of questions, a skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as precise instructions on which extract to play. Also available separately.
A practice listening question on The Toys from Psycho for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.
A practice listening question on the Finale from Psycho for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.
A practice listening question on the The City from Psycho for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.
A practice listening question on Marion from Psycho for Edexcel A Level Music. Includes questions, skeleton score and mark scheme, as well as instructions on the extract to play from the Edexcel Anthology or YouTube clip.
