This resource bundle consists of a powerpoint and bundle of worksheets to accompany the content in the powerpoint. Students will learn about the origins of Celtic music, the instruments associated with Celtic music and how they look and sound, they will further their understanding of elements of music through appraising tasks, learning about the Celtic dance music and traditional Sean Nós singing. They will do fact file work on The Pogues, retrieval tasks on the features of Celtic music. This is an entire unit of work and should span 4-5 lessons approx.

This bundle is a full unit of work for Film music Ks3, tailored to year 8 in particular. The unit looks at diegetic, non-diegetic sounds, dissonance, mickey-mousing, incidental music and fanfare in film. There are various listening activities with audio included, worksheets to accompany the activities are included. There is an assessment for composing a Fanfare theme for film, assessment criteria is given.

This PowerPoint includes an overview of music from China, India and Africa. There are key words, performance and composition tasks. Rhythm grids & Rhythmic clapping (Learning about African drumming patterns) Pentatonic composition and Performance which include assessment grid for composition (Chinese pentatonic music tradition) Raga, Tala and Drone composition (Indian composition inspired by Morning Raga by Ravi Shankar

This document includes an overview of notation, elements of music, singing key words and some activities to do to consolidate knowledge.

This resource is a full set of GCSE Practise Section A listening questions from Edexcel GCSE music, all timings are provided and ANSWERS are included too !! There is also a grid to keep a track on pupil progress.

This GCSE retrieval worksheet is full of quick fire questions for end of unit or retrieval. It can also be used as an exam.

This PowerPoint is an introduction to Renaissance music in Tudor times. It looks at key composers, features and songs such as Greensleeves. There are a few listening activities as well as key terms and explanations of song types, secular/sacred music etc.

This worksheet has various exam-style questions starting from short retrieval to extended questions. Great for recapping the set work in year 11 or end of unit test in year 10.

ON THE STEPS OF THE PALACE - INTO THE WOODS - ANNOTATED SCORE - SONDHEIM Colour coded : Texture - yellow Tonality - blue Structure - orange Melody - pink Harmony - turquoise Instruements - purple General Context - purple Tempo, metre & rhythm - green

AGONY - INTO THE WOODS - ANNOTATED SCORE - SONDHEIM Colour coded : Texture - yellow Tonality - blue Structure - orange Melody - pink Harmony - turquoise Instruements - purple General Context - purple Tempo, metre & rhythm - green

This bundle includes: A powerpoint presentation on samba music which looks at the origins, instruments, features, practical body percussion performance activity and the impact of samba. A samba retrieval worksheet A crossword activity to solidify knowledge and answer page A samba assessment for the end of unit.

Film music short test for end of unit

Key term list for film music KS3

This bundle includes an introduction powerpoint presentation with flipped learning research activities, tudor instruments, key dates and composers. There is also a guided revision worksheet which includes listening activities, key terms etc.

In this lesson for year 7 you will find the following A recap of basic notation completed with year 7 pupils# A step-by-step guide of how to set up a score on MuseScore 0.3 (includes visuals) A composition task for pairs A challenge section for those who grasp the task quickly and want to enhance and develop their musical motifs. Great lesson for beginners in notation and recaps and utilises notation, elements of music and aural skills.

Full revision powerpoint on the elements of music needed for Section C A Level AQA Music Paper. Each slide is for a musical elements; melody/tonality/structure etc, and goes through 8 different songs by Sondheim comparing the use of that element in each song.

In this music quiz you will be able to test your pupils knowledge on notation, beats, pitches, keyboard notes, time signatures, instruments of the orchestra and clefs. Answers are also provided. This would take up a 40-50 minute lesson

A PowerPoint introducing Time Signatures to KS3 music. Suitable for year 7 / year 8 music. Full explanation of time signatures; 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 3/8, 6/8. Plenty of activities and exercises with answers given to solidify pupils knowledge.

In this powerpoint, students will learn the history and origins of musical theatre, key composer Stephen Schwartz, listen and discuss other famouos musicals and their songs, and they will look closer at Wicked-Defying Gravity. Pupils will also learn the importance of leitmotifs in musicals/films and there is an activity for them to create their own.