Worksheet and Prompt Sheet explaining 'phonic' texture terms.

Identifying, writing and classifying cadences in 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' in manuscript.

Revision of work completed during the coursework portfolio and guide to success in an exam setting e.g. in microphone placement, sequencing, processing and mix related questions. Compiled using past paper mark schemes and other information.

Sheet on Britten's 'Young Persons' Guide' to explain the layout of the modern orchestra and to work on identifying instruments in each variation.

Lesson based on pulse and rhythm originally delivered to Year 7. Intended Learning Objectives - Write down rhythms we have heard using musical notation, identify rhythms in our listening from those notated on a page and begin to use more complex symbols such as rests in our notation Rhythm clock resource adapted from an existing resource on this website - can't find it again though so if it's yours I am happy to acknowledge it here - just write below.

Flowchart for harmonising the A2 chorale exercises. This works through from finding keys and modulations to filling in the chords.

Useful revision aid for students to use when listening to a musical extract to build their use of terminology. I have also used this to success when studying set works for the Edexcel 'Developing Musical Understanding' module.

This sheet with element names printed and dotted around has been used for lots of different purposes - a few ideas below - Composition planning; Listening to an extract; Set works study; Pre set works study ; Exam revision.

A graphical representation of different cables and connections useful for Music and Music Technology.

Guide to the impact of tempo and key in Logic with directed tasks.

PowerPoint to introduce musical texture including graphical representations and links to counterpoint.

A workbook to introduce the task, skills and content for Unit 2 - Professional Practice. This is used as a starting point before students move onto completing past papers. It broadly covers the content listed in the specification for this unit. Students will research and fill in gaps in the booklet, and see examples of some of the industry standards and financial considerations listed in the specification. The booklet briefly outlines the exam tasks but these will need further study beyond the scope of this booklet in light of past papers and examiners’ reports. I created this because there was nothing else out there - I hope it is useful.

A quick test for each topic to build student understanding of the following topics for the Unit 4 examination in A2 Music Technology. The download includes the question sheets for the following topics: Microphones Synthesisers MIDI Samplers Drum Machines Electric Guitar Distortion EQ and Filtering Tape Delay Dynamics Processing Reverb Modulation FX Recording Media Magnetic Tape Analogue and Digital Monitoring Live Sound The Computer Home Studio

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

An overview of the different types of reverb production methods and notes on the impact of reverb on music. Useful for students revising for their AOS 3 work in Music Technology A Level.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE LEGACY (2008) SPECIFICATION, BUT IS STILL OF MUCH VALUE FOR THE NEW SPECIFICATION. IT WILL BE UPDATED SOON PRIOR TO THE 2022-23 ACADEMIC YEAR. Written by an experienced teacher and sixth form head of department, this workbook and set of board resources is designed to help students in their Edexcel AS studies and in their transition to A2. It contains a simple introduction across all technical aspects of Music Technology, along with key word exercises to reinforce terminology and where appropriate, pieces of equipment to label and discuss. Examples of appropriate listening are included with necessary topics. The ‘board-friendly’ resources organised as full screen PDFs to retain fonts and formatting which introduce and reinforce the workbook content. Introduction to Sound What is sound? What is the impact of frequency and amplitude? How does this relate to phase, harmonics and wave cycles? Microphones What are the different types of microphones? What properties are important when choosing a mic, and how do they pick up sound? Synthesisers What do the different parts of synthesiser do? What types of synthesiser exist and what are they used for? What are envelopes and LFOs? Dynamics Range Processing How do compressors and noise gates control the volume of sounds? What are limiters, and what creative things can we do with dynamics? EQ and Filtering What is an EQ? How is EQ applied and how do we use filters correctively and for creative effects? What do filter graphs look like? Reverb How was reverb created? What is it? How do we generate reverb now, and what parameters can we change? Samplers What is sampling and what is a sampler? How can they be used? How can samples be manipulated and what must we bear in mind? Delay Effects What does a delay do? How was delay created historically? What parameters might we see on a delay? What different types are they? Modulation Effects What is modulation and how are LFOs used to create it? What effects are created with modulation and what do they sound like? Distortion Effects What are the different types of distortion? How is it created? What functions / parameters might you see on a distortion effect? Creative Effects What other effects can be used creatively in Music Technology? What do they sound like? How are the parameters changed? MIDI What is MIDI? What impact did it have on Music Technology? What are MIDI controllers and how can we use them to create musical work?

Simple outline of the following: Introduction to Binary Counting in Binary Decimal to Binary Conversion

Annotated score for Area of Study E ‘Nuages’ by Debussy. Printable version with detailed analysis for the Component 3 A Level Exam. Video score available on YouTube - search for ‘StudyMusic’ or for the piece itself. Please support the free videos by purchasing a copy for your own use or with your students.

Annotated score for Area of Study E ‘Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon’ by Poulenc. Printable version with detailed analysis for the Component 3 A Level Exam. Video score available on YouTube - search for ‘StudyMusic’ or for the piece itself Please support the free videos by purchasing a copy of the score for use by yourself and your students.