A lesson on Danse Macabre that can be used as homelearning or cover. Students learn about Danse Macabre and apply knowledge of the musical elements to a spooky composing task. There are two choices available - Corpse Bride or Nightmare Before Christmas.
One-off lesson on Peter and the Wolf. Can be used as cover or homelearning. Lesson details Prokofiev, the story, the characters, has link to video of the piece, listening questions and a match-up task.
BOOKLET AND ANSWER BOOKLET
Topics:
Rock n Roll of the 50s and 60s
Rock Anthems of the 70s and 80s
Pop Ballads of the 70s, 80s and 90s
Solo Artists from 90s to the present day
Each style has summary sheets, a past paper listening question and checkpoint questions, as well as revision questions at the end of the booklet.
Answer booklet for teacher use to support with learning.
BOOKLET AND ANSWER BOOKLET
Topics:
Film Music
Video Game Music
Each style has summary sheets, a past paper listening question and checkpoint questions, as well as revision questions at the end of the booklet.
Answer booklet for teacher use to support with learning.
Designed for the RSL Music Practitioners course.
Can be used as a two-year course booklet or lots of stand-alone worksheets. Suitable for cover.
Includes research tasks, listening tasks, contextual history, fill the blanks, composition planning and directed tasks.
Topics include:
Instruments, Elements of Music, Functions of a DAW, Blues, Jazz, Rock n Roll, 50s Record Companies, Soul, Reggae, Rock, Punk, Pop-Punk, New Wave, 80s Synth Pop, Grunge, Hip-Hop, Rap, Latin Pop, Contemporary Folk, Indie Rock, RnB, 90s House Music, Progressive House, Tropical House, Garage, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Electronica, Eurodance, Pop, Boybands and Girlbands, Grime, Synths Through Time, Drum Machines Through Time, Samplers Through Time, Guitar Techniques and Effects, Mixing Desks, Mixing Music (Filters, EQ), Recording and Distribution, Preparing Equipment in Recording Sessions, Microphone Types, Polar Patterns, Recording Vocals, Microphone Placement (Acoustic & Electric Guitars, Piano, Drums), Planning a Recording Session.
Powerpoint includes: history of slavery, African music, blues, jazz, different styles of jazz, jazz instruments, 12 bar blues and walking bassline composing task on Logic.
Worksheet includes: jazz reading comprehension text and questions, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.
Music Included:
Wii Theme
All Star - Smash Mouth
ZEZE - Kodak Black
Rockefellar Street
Love Me - Justin Bieber
Tokyo Drift - Teriyaki Boiz
Changes - XXXTentacion
Minecraft Theme
Ali A Intro
Each genre has a set of listening and research questions.
The genres included are: Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, Funk, RnB, Punk, Rap, Pop and Electronica.
A one-off lesson into Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Great with a programme music unit. Can also be used as home learning or cover. Students complete listening questions about Bydlo, then analyse three other pieces from the suite, then choose an image and compose their own piece based on the musical elements.
Powerpoint includes: historical context, famous musicians, the styles leading to reggae, info on how reggae developed into dancehall.
Worksheet includes: questions on the different styles, assessment level sheet and a DIRT (directed improvement reflection time) listening task.