Chris Gill
Chris Gill has over 25 years' experience in teaching music and has worked as a Director of Music and Deputy Head in several schools.
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Chris Gill has over 25 years' experience in teaching music and has worked as a Director of Music and Deputy Head in several schools.
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GCSE Music Revision Guide for 9-1 Edexcel Pearson exam
GCSE Music Revision Guide for 9-1 Edexcel Pearson exam
Jazz
Powerpoint presentation with over 50 slides, including graphics and audio links, giving an overview of the history of jazz, covering major genres and performers. Includes brief analysis of several pieces. Suitable for GCSE/A level wider listening.
The Beatles - three songs
Three songs by The Beatles analysed and summarised under musical elements:
‘Love Me Do’
‘A Hard Day’s Night’
‘A Day in the Life’
Useful for wider listening for A level pop/rock set works.
8 Beginner's Tunes for piano, keyboard or tuned percussion
8 copyright-free tunes, using up to five notes CDEFG, with chord symbols.
Colour-coded notes which correspond to the pdf of the 'keyboard helper', which can be printed in colour and used as a guide on the keyboard.
Sibelius and pdf files included.
50 Christmas Carols
50 Traditional Christmas Carols, arranged for four parts on treble and bass staves, with lyrics.
Both Sibelius and pdf formats included.
The Beatles - Four Songs from the 'Revolver' album
Analysis (divided into elements of music) of the following songs:
‘Eleanor Rigby’
‘Here, There and Everywhere’
‘I Want to Tell You’
‘Tomorrow Never Knows’
These are set works for the current Edexcel Pearson A level music course, but they are equally suitable as wider listening for GCSE/A level.
Kate Bush - Three Songs from the album 'Hounds of Love'
8-page Word document summarising musical features of this set work for A Level Music (Edexcel/Pearson)
Bundle
Edexcel A level Music Area of Study 5 - Fusions
Summary notes for all three set works in this area of study:
Debussy - Estampes Nos. 1 and 2
Familia Valera Miranda - two songs from Caña Quema
Anoushka Shankar - three songs from Breathing Under Water
Bundle
Edexcel A Level Music Area of Study 1 - Vocal Music
Over 30 pages of extensive notes about the three set works in Edexcel A Level Music Area of Study 1 - Vocal Music:
J. S. Bach, Cantata, Ein feste Burg, BWV 80: Movements 1, 2, 8
Mozart, The Magic Flute: Excerpts from Act I: No. 4 (Queen of the Night) and No. 5 (Quintet)
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, No. 1 ‘On Wenlock Edge’, No. 3 ‘Is My Team Ploughing’ and No. 5 ‘Bredon Hill’
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (first movement)
Four pages of notes analysing Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (first movement) under elements of music. This is one of the set works in Edexcel A Level Music, Area of Study 2 (Instrumental Music).
Familia Valera Miranda: Caña Quema –‘Se quema la chumbambà’ and ‘Alla vá candela’
5 pages of summary notes for this A level Music Edexcel set work, plus exam-style questions and answers
Elfman - Four Cues from 'Batman Returns'
12 pages of summary notes for this Edexcel A level music set work
Courtney Pine - Three Songs from Back in the Day
Summary of musical features for this Pearson/Edexcel A Level set work
John Cage – No. 1 from Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos
Two-page summary, divided into elements of music, of this Edexcel A level Music set work .
Debussy - Estampes Nos. 1 and 2 ('Pagodes' and 'La soirée dans Grenade’)
9 pages of notes about the musical features of Debussy - Estampes Nos. 1 and 2 (‘Pagodes’ and 'La soirée dans Grenade’), which together form one of the set works in the Edexcel A-level syllabus (Area of Study 5: Fusions).
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto in D minor, Op. 3 No. 11, RV565
4 pages of summary notes, under elements of music, for this Edexcel A level music set work
Anoushka Shankar - three tracks from the album 'Breathing Under Water'
10 pages of summary notes for this Edexcel A level Music set work, including advice about answering an essay question
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, Nos. 1, 3 and 5
Nine pages of notes, grouped into elements of music, for this Edexcel A Level Music set work.
Mozart, The Magic Flute: Excerpts from Act I: No. 4 (Queen of the Night) and No. 5 (Quintet)
9 pages of notes summarising this Edexcel A Level set work under Elements of Music. Includes text and translation.