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Resources include lesson plans for KS3-5 Music lessons and PSHEE, software guides, chords and lyrics for songs and, more recently, sheet music of own choral compositions.

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Resources include lesson plans for KS3-5 Music lessons and PSHEE, software guides, chords and lyrics for songs and, more recently, sheet music of own choral compositions.
Class band song arrangements
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Class band song arrangements

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Chords, lyrics, ukulele chords and, for some, notes to use for glockenspiels/pitched percussion players. The songs have been arranged to better fit student vocal ranges. Any feedback would be great!
GCSE Music Edexcel African example composition
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GCSE Music Edexcel African example composition

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**Update** I have just uploaded the sibelius version as with the change of TES I have been able to upload it. This is an example African composition score with 'notes&' on the score to highlight how the piece is put together. I am creating example compositions to go with a GCSE Composition booklet (have a look through my list of resources). Please leave any feedback you may have, thanks!
Composer/Band/Singer picture game!
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Composer/Band/Singer picture game!

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This is a fun game as part of the end of a lesson or start to look at composers with KS3. Pupils have to work out the composer/band/singer from pictures e.g. the example is a picture of a door handle; from there the pupils 'say what they see' and work out it's Handel. Others include Liszt, Chopin, Oasis, Jessie J, Britney Spears and Black Eyed Peas. Any feedback you have or other musicians I could add in would be great, thanks!
Music GCSE Edexcel Capercaillie carousel tasks
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Music GCSE Edexcel Capercaillie carousel tasks

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Useful as either a start into the piece, a revision or halfway through a scheme on Capercaillie. The Year 10 document can be either a Year 10 or a differentiated Year 11 copy. Any feedback would be great, thanks! There are all kinds of other things to be added on to there but it was put together rather quickly!
Sibelius race!
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Sibelius race!

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Useful for a quick revision of how to use Sibelius - follow the simple steps to recap basic functions of Sibelius. Other steps can be added, deleted, edited etc.
Beatles A Day In The Life quiz
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Beatles A Day In The Life quiz

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A quick quiz on A Day In The Life made up of facts mainly from the AS Music Study Guide. Can be used with anthologies to get pupils started on this piece or without as a revision topic in preparation for the exam.
Price Tag - Chords and Lyrics
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Price Tag - Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Jessie J's Price Tag. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!
Music History puzzle!
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Music History puzzle!

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An A4 sheet of key features of styles of music - cut the sheet up and have pupils put them together. Can be used either as a starter or as a revision part of a lesson. You can edit/add/delete features to tailor it to your class.
Instrument Heroes or Villains in Film Music
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Instrument Heroes or Villains in Film Music

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A worksheet of associating certain instruments with heroes or villains. It doesn't contain any links to tracks but you can use certain film and TV theme tunes to use for associations. For example, Double Bass - Jaws - Villain. Trumpet - Indiana Jones - Hero. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
Bernstein's Something's Coming by numbers
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Bernstein's Something's Coming by numbers

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Useful for improving numeracy of students; task is to count the amount of accents, find the bar of a certain word, count the beats of a certain syllable etc. Handy to use as a starter to introduce the new work. Lots of other items can be added.
AS/A2 Edexcel Music glossary key terms
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AS/A2 Edexcel Music glossary key terms

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Key terms typed out for use for a card sort; print - cut out - laminate - use as plenary/starter/organise into set works/apply to certain pieces/differences or similarities between pieces/finding the melodic, harmonic, structural etc. devices
I'm Yours - Chords and Lyrics
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I'm Yours - Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for I'm Yours by Jason Mraz. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music and use as a medley with Price Tag etc. (Check out Axis of Awesome on Youtube!!) Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!
Rolling In The Deep Chords and Lyrics
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Rolling In The Deep Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Rolling In The Deep by Adele. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!
Reich order of composition
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Reich order of composition

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Musical checkpoints of Reich - put them in order of appearance. Answers written in on page 1 with several student templates to cut out and hand out. Please leave feedback!
Elements of Music homework
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Elements of Music homework

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Students research the definitions of musical elements and find words associated with the key term. E.g. Tempo = speed of a piece = allegro, largo, rallentando etc. Any feedback would be great, thanks!
Lego House - Ed Sheeran - Chords and Lyrics
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Lego House - Ed Sheeran - Chords and Lyrics

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Lego House chords and lyrics. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!
Buffalo Soldier - Chords and Lyrics
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Buffalo Soldier - Chords and Lyrics

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Chords and lyrics for Bob Marley's Buffao Soldier. Useful for KS3 classes, building up a band, adding in guitars, bass guitars, drums, glockenspiels, singers, backing singers, percussion etc. Also, useful for KS4 students who can play around with it and put it into different styles of music. Any feedback would be great, thanks! I have lots of other songs to add so watch this space!
Skyfall - Adele; chords and lyrics
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Skyfall - Adele; chords and lyrics

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Useful for a class band lessons - chords and lyrics put together in a powerpoint presentation; students can read lyrics, chords and bass notes from screen. Any feedback would be great, thanks!