This is a cover sheet about Musicals that can be used with any year group or as part of a scheme of work on The Musical.

Film Music topic, primarily aimed at use with year 9, but suitable for use with any year group. This is a blank template that allows pupils to draw the scene, add information about instruments, important rhythmic patterns and chord progressions. There is space to add the page number to the document so that additional scenes can be added as required.

A simple sheet for students to play the tune Drunken Sailor. TAB and chords are provided for the guitarists. Notes (with note names) and chords are provided for the keyboard players.

A resource for teaching the 12 bar blues chord progression using the guitar and keyboard. The guitar frames use open chords C, F and G and the keyboard chords are in root position triads. The chords are shown as C, F and G.

The 12-Bar Blues in the keys of C, G and D for guitar, ukulele and keyboards. All the chords shown are standard chords apart from keyboard where the 7th for each chord has been added. The 7th of the chord is shown in green rather than red. The keyboard sheet has two different versions, one of them shows root position chords and the other provides inversions to make the chords easier to play.

A worksheet to guide pupils through the process of creating lyrics for a character within a musical. There is a focus on creating just the lyrics for the chorus and up to 3 verses. Help and guidance is given in terms of creating a story or journey for the character. This worksheet will work well as an introduction into writing lyrics and looking at song structure.

This is a sheet I use for performing the song ‘Three Little Birds’ when I do a unit on Reggae with my year 8 group. This worksheet helps pupils to locate the notes for chords A, D and E on the keyboard, guitar and the strings on the bass guitar.

This worksheet shows the chords A, D and E and how to play them on the keyboard, guitar and ukulele.

This is an activity sheet about the Musical, the types of song and developing listening skills. Pupils may work through this independently as cover work, or this could be used as part of a scheme of work to introduce the idea of the different types of song and song structure in a musical.

Fully timed PowerPoint that allows students to double check there understanding of the notes in the spaces for treble clef. The PowerPoint consists of just four questions, and the questions are automatically timed so that there are just 10 seconds to answer each one. There is a running countdown from 5 to 1 for each question. This is part of my treble clef and keyboard resource on TES that has a timed PowerPoint test for note from middle C up to G, the Notes on the Lines, the Notes in the Spaces and naming the keyboard note.

These four worksheets show th four chord trick for Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard in the keys of C, G and D. The ukulele chords are quite tricky in the key of D, but I have added them so that the chords are the same for keyboard, guitar and ukulele. The keyboard comes with two different versions. On the first one, the chords are shown in root position. The second page shows the chords using different inversions so that they are easier to play.

This resource guides students through creating a serial composition using a prime row that they create and the rhythm of Happy Birthday. The piece that they create will is entitled ‘Happy Birthday, Schoenberg!’. The next resource will focus on developing this so that the retrograde version of the row is used with verticalisation.

Very easy maths sheet for beginner groups with notation of rhythm

A resource for the bass guitar in an ensemble performance of Three Little Birds by Bob Marley. The worksheet is in the key of A and shows the bass line notated in standard notation and TAB so that it fits with chords I, IV and V (or Chords A, D and E).

A simple sheet showing all of the keyboard keys (including enharmonics for the black keys). Easy to print and laminate to give to pupils to save writing all over the keyboards!

An information sheet for pupils to learn about the musical elements and understand their meanings. Useful as a quick reference sheet or revision of terminology. Can be used for GCSE pupils that are struggling with terminology and remembering important vocabulary.

A very short test that requires students to name the note on the keyboard. Really useful for checking that all students have understood how to find each of the notes. Just twelve questions and can be completed in just a few minutes to double check that there are no misunderstandings.

Three worksheets for pupils to complete adding up note values. The first sheet is simple with easy note values and calculations. The second sheet uses doted rhythms and semi-quavers. The third sheet uses dotted notes, rhythms and dotted rhythms.

A lead sheet for Knocking on Heaven’s Door. This single side of A4 includes words, chord progression, notes for bassline, guitar shapes, keyboard shapes, drum pattern and song structure. Ideal to print and go! The second sheet is exactly the same but has chords for Ukulele instead of guitar.

This worksheet helps students to play 3 different Raga patterns with drone notes. They are then guided through a composition/improvisation task. They are able to choose one of the Raga patterns and develop a composition within a given structure. They are given the characteristic phrase to use and guided as to when to use it to develop coherent musical ideas. Note names are given and a diagram of the keyboard is given to help students find sharps and flats. Students will need to have space to write their ideas down as this is intended to be a handout that can be re-used by multiple students. A .pdf and .docx file have been provided to download.