These slides give clear explanations and visual images to help reinforce these concepts. Use the 'notepad&' icon, included on some slides, to cue students to take notes from the screen. These can be used with flat screen motors or IWB.

A handy student summary page for the Musicology viva-voce. Simple print the page for students to write their summary. Alternatively, give an electronic copy for students to type and edit their notes. Takes the guesswork out!

Easy to use comment bank - combine more than one to create detailed report comments or keep it simple with strong statements. Commend students for their participation, development or gently admonish for not making their best effort! NESA - Use this resource to meet STANDARD 5 ASSESS, PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND REPORT ON STUDENT LEARNING : 5.2.1 & 5.2.2: Provide timely, effective and appropriate feedback to students about their achievement relative to their learning goals 5.5.2: Report clearly, accurately and respectfully to students and parents/carers about student achievement, making use of accurate and reliable records

Free! rubric to assess the Musicology Viva-Voce in-school assessments. You can write comments to help the student see their progress. Feel free to add or change the outcomes to suit your program or school level - the word format enables you to adapt and change to suit your needs. Clear targets enable the students to see what they need to prepare for their best result. If you purchase the Guide - it makes a perfect partner for the student who chooses this as an HSC Elective option!

What is it in Rock Music that disturbs, for some, our sense of what music should be? Looking at a quote from Robert Palmer, using online resources and youtube links (embedded in the lesson notes), students examine the ‘disruptive influences’ and Rock music elements through the sensational music of Jimi Hendrix. Use this as an introductory lesson or as a challenge for your students! Listen as they debate the core question of the desire to create cultural change and how this drives creativity in music today! Students are encourages to use music vocabulary to explain what they hear, compare with past music and examine the stylistic elements as they listen and take notes.

This ppt is self timed and is a fun review of key music words and terms. Students may work in pairs or individually to get their answers for each of the 10 second timed slides. May be used several times to reinforce these important Aural Terms. Especially useful to change the pace of a lesson, reintroduce the key terms or check for understanding and recall. Enjoy!

The Musicology Viva-Voce is a great opportunity for any music student to develop a hypothesis on a music topic that interests them. This handy guide helps both the Teacher and the student. A very clear outline and step-by-step process will act as a checklist and helps the student see where they may need to take time to develop their viva-voce. Teachers can use the extra, Free! rubric to assess the in-school assessments and write comments to help the student see their progress. Feel free to change the outcomes to your program or school level - the word format enables you to adapt and change to suit your needs.

A complete lesson or revision tool for any study of Baroque Music. The 2 activities reinforce learning the music features and provide score reading extracts/listening for students to identify the features. Suits GSCE, HSC Music Musicology courses. Set as a homework task or leave as a lesson when you are unable to be in class. Teachers may continue to use the summary page and choose various extra listening examples for listening practise and to focus on: Baroque Period use of the concepts of music: – duration – pitch – dynamics and expressive techniques – tone colour – texture – structure. NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Know students and how they learn: 1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies to develop engaging teaching activities Know the content and how to teach it 2.2.2 Organise the content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs

Student music composition work develops when materials are provided that prompt creative thinking and guide them to try new techniques. This guide is invaluable to Music Teachers - simply print or have students save the document. They can add draft pages to provide proof of authorship. Short exercises make research and musicology a part of the process along with learning terms that they can then put into practice in their own creative composition. Also doubles as a handy process portfolio that can be submitted in stages. Students can work with a part of the task to meet Core Assessment requirements or fully develop the portfolio as an Elective option. BOS requirements and information are in the document for easy reference!

This HSC Music 1 Aural lesson, with online listening activities, may be used as a stand-alone Year 12 revision lesson (also useful for relief lesson) or take the opportunity to work one-on-one with your Preliminary students as they work to deepen their understanding of the music concepts. The recorded music clips are included. Pass the lesson around on a usb for lap top use, or present on screen. Guided focus questions differentiate the activity to reinforce their listening practise. You can set a variety of listening extracts/examples of contrasting music styles to test student learning and provide practise answering the HSC style question. Use past HSC papers and you tube recording’s to further deepen the experience. NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers  The Proficient Standards underpin processes for full registration and accreditation as a teacher and support the requirements of nationally consistent teacher registration. Professional Practice: 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning 3.2.2 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning. 3.3.2 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking. 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

Great way to meet the HSC requirements and verify student work! Use the word document as a combination of tips for composing, guide for independent research, and a process checklist for ongoing development of skills. Students add in their drafts and annotate changes as they go...simply scan the finished portfolio pages for a record of their work - you can use the work sample to update/provide evidence for your own Teacher PD NESA profile as well! BTW! ......Music 1 Composition Focus Program “Methods of Notating Music” is also available on TES and provides all the learning material and links to assist the delivery of a successful 10 week unit of work. An Assessment rubric is included and makes assessing the wide range of abilities and results easy and fair. Links to free notation software and exercises to assist student learning are included as well. A perfect package!

This updated lesson explains the concept ‘Tone Colour’ and uses relevant music terminology with excellent short (edited) diverse styles of listening examples to broaden experience. Suggested responses to the listening activities are now included. The music examples are a mix of popular and classical music. Both relate to each other as the melodic material in the popular extracts is based on the classical examples! Further talking and discussion points that link nicely to provide a useful segue to a Musicological focus - two lessons for one! Use this HSC Music Aural lesson, with listening activities included, as a stand-alone Year 12 revision lesson (also useful for relief lesson) or take the opportunity to work one-on-one with your Preliminary students as they work to deepen their understanding of the music concept ‘Tone Colour’. NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers The Proficient Standards underpin processes for full registration and accreditation as a teacher and support the requirements of nationally consistent teacher registration. Professional Practice: 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning 3.2.2 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning. 3.3.2 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking. 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

HSC Music 1 course: Lesson has two short music extracts focussing on very specific terms: Melisma, Sequence, Phrasing. The two activities can be set as a 'relief lesson' or as self-paced independent learning while you target students who may need extra help in the classroom. The file can be used as both a printed resource for or use with an electronic copy for students. I simply pass a usb with the file, students copy it to their desktop and off they go! The lesson covers the Syllabus for Aural and Composition. Course topics: An Instrument and It's Repertoire; Music for Small Ensemble; Popular Music. NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Know students and how they learn: 1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies to develop engaging teaching activities Know the content and how to teach it 2.2.2 Organise the content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs 2.6.2Use effective teaching strategies to integrate ICT into learning and teaching programs to make selected content relevant and meaningful.

Use this HSC Music 1 Aural exercise, with online listening activities and useful prompts, as a stand-alone Year 12 revision lesson (also useful for relief lesson) or take the opportunity to work one-on-one with your Preliminary students as they work to deepen their understanding of the music concepts. Guided questions with prompts differentiate the activity to reinforce their listening practise. NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers  The Proficient Standards underpin processes for full registration and accreditation as a teacher and support the requirements of nationally consistent teacher registration. Professional Practice: 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning 3.2.2 Plan and implement well-structured learning and teaching programs or lesson sequences that engage students and promote learning. 3.3.2 Select and use relevant teaching strategies to develop knowledge, skills, problem-solving, and critical and creative thinking. 3.4.2 Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

Using links to free internet resources and on-line tutors - students can work at their own pace and enjoy success! Some short written activities check understanding and make this resource indispensable for busy teachers. Once you introduce the sites - it leaves you free to move amongst students and help them with technique and progress. All the materials are scaffolded to meet the needs of beginners and more ‘able’ students. They can map their progress.

Year 11 or 12 HSC Music 1. Use this HSC Music 1 Aural examination exercise (with structured activities) as a stand-alone lesson (also useful for relief) or take the opportunity to work one-on-one with your students as they work independently through the activities. The worksheets develop: - the ability to discriminate between sounds and to make judgements about their use in a wide range of musical styles, periods and genres. - an understanding of the aural paper, the various question styles and how to write a detailed response in a limited, timed paper. - develop skills meeting both syllabus and examination requirements. NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Know students and how they learn: 1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies to develop engaging teaching activities Know the content and how to teach it 2.2.2 Organise the content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs

Use this lesson many times to help develop skills for recognising, analysing and writing a response for the Music 1 Aural Skills Examination. The question ‘two versions’ requires planning to maximise the writing time and present a clearly written response. Teachers may choose various listening examples for practise and to focus on: • the concepts of music: – duration – pitch – dynamics and expressive techniques – tone colour – texture – structure • the use of technology • music of various cultures • unity, contrast and style NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Know students and how they learn: 1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies to develop engaging teaching activities Know the content and how to teach it 2.2.2 Organise the content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs

Use this HSC Music 1 Aural examination exercise (with online listening activities) as a stand-alone Year 12 revision lesson (also useful for relief lesson) or take the opportunity to work one-on-one with your Preliminary students as they work to deepen their understanding of the music concepts.  Guided focus questions differentiate the activity to reinforce their listening practise. You can set a variety of listening extracts/examples of contrasting music styles to test student learning and provide practise answering the HSC style question. Use past HSC papers and you tube recording's to further deepen the experience - links provided. NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers  Know students and how they learn:  1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies to develop engaging teaching activities Know the content and how to teach it 2.2.2 Organise the content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs

Revise the concepts of metre, tempo, note values and have your students research more complex devices such as Syncopation Ostinato Anacrusis Polyrhythm Irregular divisions etc. Practical, fun activities add meaning to the lesson and assist students with their learning. A useful and engaging lesson to leave if you can’t be with your class! Save to usb and the relieving teacher can display or pass around to students with BYOD. Use the lesson to present for your own NESA PD profile… NESA Australian Professional Standards for Teachers Know students and how they learn: 1.5.2 Develop teaching activities that incorporate differentiated strategies to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities 2.1.2 Apply knowledge of the content and teaching strategies to develop engaging teaching activities Know the content and how to teach it 2.2.2 Organise the content into coherent, well-sequenced learning and teaching programs

Film music brings to film the basic principles of music: melody, harmony, rhythm, meter, volume, tempo, form, tone colour, and instrumentation. Students will learn through these fun lessons, that music in film gets its power from its ability to tap into our expectations that music follow these principles. Conventions, shared between composers and audiences, means that we gain meaning through the power of association; through repetition, conventions such as brass and horns indicate hero or military scenes and these become ingrained in a culture as a kind of collective musical experience. Film music defines emotion in a film and often it generates it. Does film music always have a function? Students find what works in movie music! This pptx. gives recent examples, text slides for students to take brief notes and excellent, short film clips that illustrate powerful effects. Movie Music Part 1 (of two pptx presentations) gives opportunities for students to understand and explain the mix of two art forms: film and music. Movie Music Part 2 gives projects for students to use what they have learned!