This is lesson 1 in a scheme of work teaching students about reggae music - its history and its musical features - through learning 3 Little Birds as a whole class band. The unit also features a basic introduction to playing, and reading tab for, guitar, bass guitar and drums. The double-sided handout (with parts for all instruments) is included. If you want the full scheme of work with all the lesson slides, the unit map, the double-sided handout and the assessment mark sheets, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416214 You’ll need keyboards, guitars, bass guitars, drums and ideally microphones, but the first lesson could be used as a standalone keyboard lesson, if you don’t have the equipment. Even for a 5-week term, I have often adapted this unit to be a keyboard-only unit (sometimes with added vocals), because it can easily take most students the 4 weeks before the assessment to master the keyboard part (especially if playing with 2 hands). But if you have the equipment, the whole-class band is a lot of fun, and totally doable if you have at least 6 weeks! Lessons are as follows: Lesson 1: Introduction to reggae’s musical features, Bob Marley and the musical theory of chords and chord inversions Lesson 2: The history of reggae, and how to read guitar chord boxes for the chords of 3 Little Birds Lesson 3: Learning how to read bass and drum tab for 3 Little Birds Lesson 4: Learning the vocal part, assigning roles for the whole class band, and continuing to practise individual parts for the chorus, before playing this as a band Lesson 5: Practising individual parts for the verse, and playing as a class for the chorus as well as the verse Lesson 6: Final rehearsal and assessment If you just want the handout and want to do your own thing with the lessons, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416262

This is lesson 2 in a scheme of work teaching students about reggae music - its history and its musical features - through learning 3 Little Birds as a whole class band. The unit also features a basic introduction to playing, and reading tab for, guitar, bass guitar and drums. The double-sided handout (with parts for all instruments) is included. If you want the full scheme of work with all the lesson slides, the unit map, the double-sided handout and the assessment mark sheets, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416214 You’ll need keyboards, guitars, bass guitars, drums and ideally microphones, but the first lesson could be used as a standalone keyboard lesson, if you don’t have the equipment. Even for a 5-week term, I have often adapted this unit to be a keyboard-only unit (sometimes with added vocals), because it can easily take most students the 4 weeks before the assessment to master the keyboard part (especially if playing with 2 hands). But if you have the equipment, the whole-class band is a lot of fun, and totally doable if you have at least 6 weeks! Lessons are as follows: Lesson 1: Introduction to reggae’s musical features, Bob Marley and the musical theory of chords and chord inversions Lesson 2: The history of reggae, and how to read guitar chord boxes for the chords of 3 Little Birds Lesson 3: Learning how to read bass and drum tab for 3 Little Birds Lesson 4: Learning the vocal part, assigning roles for the whole class band, and continuing to practise individual parts for the chorus, before playing this as a band Lesson 5: Practising individual parts for the verse, and playing as a class for the chorus as well as the verse Lesson 6: Final rehearsal and assessment If you just want the handout and want to do your own thing with the lessons, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416262

This is a really comprehensive double-sided handout to enable your class to learn how to play either the keyboard part, the guitar chords, the bass line, the drum beat, or sing the vocal part for the reggae song 3 Little Birds (Bob Marley). There are instructions on how to read guitar, bass and drum tab. It is designed to accompany this reggae unit of work: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416214 but can definitely be used on its own if you want to do your own thing with it!

This is lesson 3 in a scheme of work teaching students about reggae music - its history and its musical features - through learning 3 Little Birds as a whole class band. The unit also features a basic introduction to playing, and reading tab for, guitar, bass guitar and drums. The double-sided handout (with parts for all instruments) is included. If you want the full scheme of work with all the lesson slides, the unit map, the double-sided handout and the assessment mark sheets, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416214 You’ll need keyboards, guitars, bass guitars, drums and ideally microphones, but the first lesson could be used as a standalone keyboard lesson, if you don’t have the equipment. Even for a 5-week term, I have often adapted this unit to be a keyboard-only unit (sometimes with added vocals), because it can easily take most students the 4 weeks before the assessment to master the keyboard part (especially if playing with 2 hands). But if you have the equipment, the whole-class band is a lot of fun, and totally doable if you have at least 6 weeks! Lessons are as follows: Lesson 1: Introduction to reggae’s musical features, Bob Marley and the musical theory of chords and chord inversions Lesson 2: The history of reggae, and how to read guitar chord boxes for the chords of 3 Little Birds Lesson 3: Learning how to read bass and drum tab for 3 Little Birds Lesson 4: Learning the vocal part, assigning roles for the whole class band, and continuing to practise individual parts for the chorus, before playing this as a band Lesson 5: Practising individual parts for the verse, and playing as a class for the chorus as well as the verse Lesson 6: Final rehearsal and assessment If you just want the handout and want to do your own thing with the lessons, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416262

This is lesson 4 in a scheme of work teaching students about reggae music - its history and its musical features - through learning 3 Little Birds as a whole class band. The unit also features a basic introduction to playing, and reading tab for, guitar, bass guitar and drums. The double-sided handout (with parts for all instruments) is included. If you want the full scheme of work with all the lesson slides, the unit map, the double-sided handout and the assessment mark sheets, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416214 You’ll need keyboards, guitars, bass guitars, drums and ideally microphones, but the first lesson could be used as a standalone keyboard lesson, if you don’t have the equipment. Even for a 5-week term, I have often adapted this unit to be a keyboard-only unit (sometimes with added vocals), because it can easily take most students the 4 weeks before the assessment to master the keyboard part (especially if playing with 2 hands). But if you have the equipment, the whole-class band is a lot of fun, and totally doable if you have at least 6 weeks! Lessons are as follows: Lesson 1: Introduction to reggae’s musical features, Bob Marley and the musical theory of chords and chord inversions Lesson 2: The history of reggae, and how to read guitar chord boxes for the chords of 3 Little Birds Lesson 3: Learning how to read bass and drum tab for 3 Little Birds Lesson 4: Learning the vocal part, assigning roles for the whole class band, and continuing to practise individual parts for the chorus, before playing this as a band Lesson 5: Practising individual parts for the verse, and playing as a class for the chorus as well as the verse Lesson 6: Final rehearsal and assessment If you just want the handout and want to do your own thing with the lessons, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416262

This is lesson 5&6 in a scheme of work teaching students about reggae music - its history and its musical features - through learning 3 Little Birds as a whole class band. The unit also features a basic introduction to playing, and reading tab for, guitar, bass guitar and drums. The double-sided handout (with parts for all instruments) is included. If you want the full scheme of work with all the lesson slides, the unit map, the double-sided handout and the assessment mark sheets, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416214 You’ll need keyboards, guitars, bass guitars, drums and ideally microphones, but the first lesson could be used as a standalone keyboard lesson, if you don’t have the equipment. Even for a 5-week term, I have often adapted this unit to be a keyboard-only unit (sometimes with added vocals), because it can easily take most students the 4 weeks before the assessment to master the keyboard part (especially if playing with 2 hands). But if you have the equipment, the whole-class band is a lot of fun, and totally doable if you have at least 6 weeks! Lessons are as follows: Lesson 1: Introduction to reggae’s musical features, Bob Marley and the musical theory of chords and chord inversions Lesson 2: The history of reggae, and how to read guitar chord boxes for the chords of 3 Little Birds Lesson 3: Learning how to read bass and drum tab for 3 Little Birds Lesson 4: Learning the vocal part, assigning roles for the whole class band, and continuing to practise individual parts for the chorus, before playing this as a band Lesson 5: Practising individual parts for the verse, and playing as a class for the chorus as well as the verse Lesson 6: Final rehearsal and assessment If you just want the handout and want to do your own thing with the lessons, you can find that here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416262

This is a full scheme of work teaching students about reggae music - its history and its musical features - through learning 3 Little Birds as a whole class band. It also features a basic introduction to playing, and reading tab for, guitar, bass guitar and drums. Included in the scheme of work are all the lesson slides, the unit map, the double-sided handout and the assessment mark sheets to print and give to students. If you only want the handout, so that you can do your own thing with lessons, it’s available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13416262 You’ll need keyboards, guitars, bass guitars, drums and ideally microphones, but the first 2 lessons could be used as standalone keyboard lessons, if you don’t have the equipment. Even for a 5-week term, I have often adapted this unit to be a keyboard-only unit (sometimes with added vocals), because it can easily take most students the 4 weeks before the assessment to master the keyboard part (especially if playing with 2 hands). But if you have the equipment, the whole-class band is a lot of fun, and totally doable if you have at least 6 weeks! Lessons are as follows: (all are available to purchase individually but work best together!) Lesson 1: Introduction to reggae’s musical features, Bob Marley and the musical theory of chords and chord inversions Lesson 2: The history of reggae, and how to read guitar chord boxes for the chords of 3 Little Birds Lesson 3: Learning how to read bass and drum tab for 3 Little Birds Lesson 4: Learning the vocal part, assigning roles for the whole class band, and continuing to practise individual parts for the chorus, before playing this as a band Lesson 5: Practising individual parts for the verse, and playing as a class for the chorus as well as the verse Lesson 6: Final rehearsal and assessment

Includes all lesson slides, a full colour, double-sided help sheet for use by students during the lesson, and a unit map This is my entire Blues scheme of work, which aims to introduce key stage 3 students to the Blues in a fun, practical and musical way, using keyboards. This is the outline of the whole scheme of work: Lesson 1: Introduction to the Blues, learning how to play the 12 bar blues chords Lesson 2: Improvising with the blues scale Lesson 3: Combining the 12 bar blues chords with the blues scale Lesson 4: Understanding what a walking bass line is and learning to play one Lesson 5: Understanding and being able to play with a swing rhythm Lesson 6: Assessment The unit contains lots of listening and performing, with some improvisation. There is some use of stave notation, although letter names are provided as well. The unit will help your students to develop their chord playing, familiarity with notation and keyboard skills, as well as to give them a basic understanding of all the main elements of blues music.

This colourful double-sided worksheet is designed to be used alongside my Blues scheme of work, but can also be used as a standalone resources. It shows students how to play (on keyboards): the chords of the 12 bar blues in C the notes of the blues scale a walking bass line (both with stave notation and letter names) a combination of a walking bass line and the 12 bar blues chords The unit of work that this worksheet is from is available to purchase here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13414945

Includes all lesson slides and a full colour, double-sided help sheet for use by students during the lesson This is lesson 2 of my Blues scheme of work, which aims to introduce key stage 3 students to the Blues in a fun, practical and musical way, using keyboards. This is the outline of the whole scheme of work: Lesson 1: Introduction to the Blues, learning how to play the 12 bar blues chords Lesson 2: Improvising with the blues scale Lesson 3: Combining the 12 bar blues chords with the blues scale Lesson 4: Understanding what a walking bass line is and learning to play one Lesson 5: Understanding and being able to play with a swing rhythm Lesson 6: Assessment The unit contains lots of listening and performing, with some improvisation. There is some use of stave notation, although letter names are provided as well. The unit will help your students to develop their chord playing, familiarity with notation and keyboard skills, as well as to give them a basic understanding of all the main elements of blues music. If you choose to purchase the full scheme of work, you get a small discount compared to buying individual lessons, and this also includes a unit map: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13414945

Includes all lesson slides and a full colour, double-sided help sheet for use by students during the lesson This is lesson 3 of my Blues scheme of work, which aims to introduce key stage 3 students to the Blues in a fun, practical and musical way, using keyboards. This is the outline of the whole scheme of work: Lesson 1: Introduction to the Blues, learning how to play the 12 bar blues chords Lesson 2: Improvising with the blues scale Lesson 3: Combining the 12 bar blues chords with the blues scale Lesson 4: Understanding what a walking bass line is and learning to play one Lesson 5: Understanding and being able to play with a swing rhythm Lesson 6: Assessment The unit contains lots of listening and performing, with some improvisation. There is some use of stave notation, although letter names are provided as well. The unit will help your students to develop their chord playing, familiarity with notation and keyboard skills, as well as to give them a basic understanding of all the main elements of blues music. If you choose to purchase the full scheme of work, you get a small discount compared to buying individual lessons, and this also includes a unit map: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13414945

Includes all lesson slides and a full colour, double-sided help sheet for use by students during the lesson This is lesson 5&6 of my Blues scheme of work, which aims to introduce key stage 3 students to the Blues in a fun, practical and musical way, using keyboards. This is the outline of the whole scheme of work: Lesson 1: Introduction to the Blues, learning how to play the 12 bar blues chords Lesson 2: Improvising with the blues scale Lesson 3: Combining the 12 bar blues chords with the blues scale Lesson 4: Understanding what a walking bass line is and learning to play one Lesson 5: Understanding and being able to play with a swing rhythm Lesson 6: Assessment The unit contains lots of listening and performing, with some improvisation. There is some use of stave notation, although letter names are provided as well. The unit will help your students to develop their chord playing, familiarity with notation and keyboard skills, as well as to give them a basic understanding of all the main elements of blues music. If you choose to purchase the full scheme of work, you get a small discount compared to buying individual lessons, and this also includes a unit map: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13414945

Includes all lesson slides and a full colour, double-sided help sheet for use by students during the lesson This is lesson 4 of my Blues scheme of work, which aims to introduce key stage 3 students to the Blues in a fun, practical and musical way, using keyboards. This is the outline of the whole scheme of work: Lesson 1: Introduction to the Blues, learning how to play the 12 bar blues chords Lesson 2: Improvising with the blues scale Lesson 3: Combining the 12 bar blues chords with the blues scale Lesson 4: Understanding what a walking bass line is and learning to play one Lesson 5: Understanding and being able to play with a swing rhythm Lesson 6: Assessment The unit contains lots of listening and performing, with some improvisation. There is some use of stave notation, although letter names are provided as well. The unit will help your students to develop their chord playing, familiarity with notation and keyboard skills, as well as to give them a basic understanding of all the main elements of blues music. If you choose to purchase the full scheme of work, you get a small discount compared to buying individual lessons, and this also includes a unit map: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13414945

This is the last 2 lessons in a really fun, entirely practical scheme of work that introduces students to Brazilian Samba, with some music theory thrown in (rhythm notation reading). I normally do it with year 7, and they love it - especially the silly phrases for remembering rhythms! I’ve also done this with primary students - it’s appropriate (and equally useful) for any students over about 7 years old. It’s one of my favourite units to teach. You can buy the full scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13352913 These lessons include a review of the concepts introduced in lesson 4, the assessment criteria and instructions for the group assessment, and an additional small group task. Students will develop performance skills, listening skills, ensemble skills, notation reading and awareness of musical structure. You will need enough percussion instruments for each student to have one. You can either use samba instruments, or if you don’t have these, any percussion instruments will do.

An information-packed unit of work that guides students through the process of composing music for video games, using Logic Pro. It functions as a tutorial on how to use Logic Pro, as well as a tutorial on composition in general. There are also frequent references to musical elements, and vocabulary that is vital for GCSE study. I do this unit with year 9, but it’s suitable for any KS3 or GCSE class. Lessons all contain listening examples, starter (“Do Now”) activities, practical composition activities and plenaries. There is an assessment at the end of the unit, complete with assessment criteria. Included are all the lesson slides, the plenary worksheet and the scheme of work laid out as a table, with more details about the lessons. This is a unit of work I put my heart and soul into (I love my video games) and my students love it too!

Resource includes lesson slides as well as a scheme of work grid with more details. This is a really fun, entirely practical scheme of work that introduces students to Brazilian Samba, with some music theory thrown in (rhythm notation reading). It develops performance skills, listening skills, ensemble skills, notation reading and awareness of musical structure. Each lesson has a starter (“Do Now”) task, a main activity and a plenary. I normally do it with year 7, and they love it - especially the silly phrases for remembering rhythms! I’ve also done this with primary students - it’s appropriate (and equally useful) for any students over about 7 years old. It’s one of my favourite units to teach. You will need enough percussion instruments for each student to have one. You can either use samba instruments, or if you don’t have these, any percussion instruments will do.

This is the second lesson in a really fun, entirely practical scheme of work that introduces students to Brazilian Samba, with some music theory thrown in (rhythm notation reading). I normally do it with year 7, and they love it - especially the silly phrases for remembering rhythms! I’ve also done this with primary students - it’s appropriate (and equally useful) for any students over about 7 years old. It’s one of my favourite units to teach. You can buy the full scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13352913 This lesson includes a review of the concepts introduced in lesson 1, as well as an introduction to all the main samba instruments, and the rhythms they all play for the main groove (included in notation form as well as spoken phrases). It develops performance skills, listening skills, ensemble skills and notation reading. You will need enough percussion instruments for each student to have one. You can either use samba instruments, or if you don’t have these, any percussion instruments will do.

Lesson 5&6 of an information-packed unit of work that guides students through the process of composing music for video games, using Logic Pro. It functions as a tutorial on how to use Logic Pro, as well as a tutorial on composition in general. There are also frequent references to musical elements, and vocabulary that is vital for GCSE study. I do this unit with year 9, but it’s suitable for any KS3 or GCSE class. You can purchase the full scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13353384 Lesson 5 contains a listening activity starter and a main composition activity, based on based on adaptive music and using automation to fade in and out in Logic. There is a written plenary, to be completed on the worksheet. Lesson 6 is an assessment lesson, complete with assessment criteria. Included are all the lesson slides and the plenary worksheet (with plenary activities for the whole unit). The sheet also contains a vocabulary list. This is a unit of work I put my heart and soul into (I love my video games) and my students love it too!

Lesson 3 of an information-packed unit of work that guides students through the process of composing music for video games, using Logic Pro. It functions as a tutorial on how to use Logic Pro, as well as a tutorial on composition in general. There are also frequent references to musical elements, and vocabulary that is vital for GCSE study. I do this unit with year 9, but it’s suitable for any KS3 or GCSE class. You can purchase the full scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13353384 This lesson contains a listening activity starter and a main composition activity, based on fast-paced and tense music/scenes. There is a written plenary, to be completed on the worksheet. Included are all the lesson slides and the plenary worksheet (with plenary activities for the whole unit). The sheet also contains a vocabulary list. This is a unit of work I put my heart and soul into (I love my video games) and my students love it too!

Lesson 4 of an information-packed unit of work that guides students through the process of composing music for video games, using Logic Pro. It functions as a tutorial on how to use Logic Pro, as well as a tutorial on composition in general. There are also frequent references to musical elements, and vocabulary that is vital for GCSE study. I do this unit with year 9, but it’s suitable for any KS3 or GCSE class. You can purchase the full scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13353384 This lesson contains a listening activity starter and a main composition activity, based on using reverb and delay to create certain moods. There is a written plenary, to be completed on the worksheet. Included are all the lesson slides and the plenary worksheet (with plenary activities for the whole unit). The sheet also contains a vocabulary list. This is a unit of work I put my heart and soul into (I love my video games) and my students love it too!

Lesson 2 of an information-packed unit of work that guides students through the process of composing music for video games, using Logic Pro. It functions as a tutorial on how to use Logic Pro, as well as a tutorial on composition in general. There are also frequent references to musical elements, and vocabulary that is vital for GCSE study. I do this unit with year 9, but it’s suitable for any KS3 or GCSE class. You can purchase the full scheme of work here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13353384 This lesson contains a listening activity starter and a main composition activity, based on slow-paced or meditative games/music. There is a written plenary, to be completed on the worksheet. Included are all the lesson slides and the plenary worksheet (with plenary activities for the whole unit). The sheet also contains a vocabulary list. This is a unit of work I put my heart and soul into (I love my video games) and my students love it too!