A simple guide to microphones for AS/A2 Music Technology, discussing dynamic/condenser, pickup patterns and mic characteristics. Suitable for A2 exam revision or as preparation for AS/A2 recording sessions.

Preparation for A2 Music Technology Unit 4 - key facts to do with tape delay, a diagram to label, an example of a tape delay unit along with key terminology to reinforce student understanding.

Introductory assignment for AS Music Tech students to prepare them for using Logic Pro for their coursework, in the style of a driving test.

Originally designed for Edexcel A Level but suitable for all boards and all composition work. Suggested prompts to help with teacher feedback for composition, or could conceivably be used for peer feedback too.

This unit of work is designed to introduce A Level Music Technology students to samplers, collecting together technical terminology and ensuring they understand a range of sampling specifications, uses and applications of samplers and sample manipulation. This is relevant to AS and A2 students, but includes content particularly relevant to the A2 exam.

A brief guide to Music Technology for students studying GCSE and A Level Music.

Some prompts for describing capture details when students are completing their logbook work.

This checklist considers strategies students and teachers can use to improve their composition work. It uses simple musical terminology to encourage students to extend their writing, and thus enables teachers to use this as a partial assessment framework. Whilst it would not be advisable to use this as a sole resource as to assess student compositions, it does enable a framework to be put in place where students' work is extended and they can build independent learning skills by going through this process using self or peer assessment by which to consolidate their understanding of the principles and processes. A brief explanatory PowerPoint and reflection sheet is included to help students reflect on the processes discussed and how they could be applied and put in place.

Ideas sheet to give students a starting point for creating lyrics. Uses 'A Day In The Life' as an example and includes brief information on the 'cut up' and 'fold in' methods used by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

PowerPoint and associated resources designed to introduce the idea of using processors to control dynamics of tracks. Discussion of noise gating, compression and limiting, along with key terminology and graphs. Note: An issue was identified with some graph labels in this resource. This has now been resolved and apologies for any inconvenience.

Poster to encourage students to rehearse quieter! Useful for display in practice rooms in Music departments.

Lesson on identifying intervals using a chart of semitones and advice on counting scale steps. Written for AS Music students originally.

A simple guide to help students follow the process to create a WAV or MP3 mixdown from their Logic Pro projects, ensuring that they don't make the common errors that often occur.

A one page guide to synthesis covering modular synthesis / analogue & digital / polyphony / LFOs / envelopes. Intended as a revision summary or starting point for A2 study but also applicable for AS students.

Single page guide to exam terminology for AS Music Technology. Includes pickup patterns, exam terminology, synth modules, compression, distortion, filtering and phase. I use this as the front page for workbooks for sixth form Music Technology.

Useful recap of GCSE Science content for students progressing onto Music Technology. Discussion of frequency/amplitude/phase/harmonics in simple terms as preparation for AS or as revision for the A2 examination.

This unit of work is designed to introduce A Level Music Technology students to synthesisers, collecting together technical terminology and ensuring they understand a range of synth modules, parameters and control methods. This is relevant to AS and A2 students, but includes content particularly relevant to the A2 exam.

Simple grid to help analyse set works in terms of exam elements.

The picture shows a 1970s analogue synthesiser and encourages students to structure their essay responses to describe the functions shown along with considering the context and technical explanations associated with the synthesiser.

A revision aid to explain the tonal and formal structure of Sonatas