A fun and engaging Christmas music quiz that rounds up the year. This will take a full lesson to complete, and includes the following rounds: Round 1 – Picture Round Round 2 – Name this big Christmas Hit Round 3 – What language is this Christmas song sung in? Round 4 – What instrument is heard at the very beginning of this Christmas song? Round 5 – Name this piece of classical music… Round 6 – Bridgerton Round

A detailed powerpoint (37 slides) filled with audio examples, also with activities, worksheets and two listening quizes about the musical features of Pop Ballads. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation, music technology, artists, melody, harmony and more. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quick quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged. Could be used with KS3.

A fun and engaging music quiz that rounds up the year. This will take a full lesson to complete, and includes the following rounds: Round 1 – Picture Round (Guess the child celebrity) Round 2 – Spot the intro (Guess the song with only a 3 second intro) Round 3 – The Rich List (Who is worth more money?) Round 4 – Guess the theme tune (Which TV programme is it?) Round 5 – Who sung the original? (Hear a cover version and guess the original artist) Round 6 – Reversed (Hear a song in reverse and guess the name of the song)

A detailed powerpoint (28 slides) filled with audio examples, also with activities, worksheets, knowledge organiser and two listening quizes about the musical features of Pop Ballads. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation, music technology, artists, melody, harmony and more. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quick quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged. Could be used with KS3.

A fun and engaging music quiz that rounds up the year. This will take a full lesson to complete, and includes the following rounds: Round 1 – Picture Round (Guess the child celebrity) Round 2 – Spot the intro (Guess the song with only a 3 second intro) Round 3 – The Rich List (Who is worth more money?) Round 4 – Guess the theme tune (Which TV programme is it?) Round 5 – Who sung the original? (Hear a cover version and guess the original artist) Round 6 – Reversed (Hear a song in reverse and guess the name of the song) Round 7 – Finish the Lyric (Write down the rest of the lyric that is shown) Round 8 – Name The Classical Piece (Hear a well known classical piece of music and try to name it!) Round 9 – Bridgerton Round (Name the modern song played by a string quartet) Round 10 – Guess the song…Emoji Edition (Guess the name of the song by the emoji’s given)

This resource includes a 19 slide powerpoint, worksheet and audio files on the history of the slave trade, how the slave trade links to the blues and an introduction to the 12-Bar Blues. To complete this lesson you will need: Powerpoint (attached) Worksheet (attached) though not necassary, you could use pupils workbooks instead. Keyboards

This resource includes a 13 slide powerpoint, worksheet and audio files on the 12 Bar Blues chord progression, and how to invert chords to make the transition between the chord changes simpler and easier. To complete this lesson you will need: Powerpoint (attached) Worksheet (attached) though not necassary, you could use pupils workbooks instead. Post it notes. Keyboards

A powerpoint and worksheet perfect for a music cover lesson. If no access to a projector the worksheet can be used on it’s own without the powerpoint. This lesson focus’s on Parody Music, with a listening starter task and a main task of pupils creating their own parody lyrics to Old Town Road by Lil Nas X.

A detailed powerpoint filled with audio examples, also with activities, worksheets and two listening quizes about the musical features of Rock Anthems. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation, music technology, artists, melody, harmony and more. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quick quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged. Could be used with KS3.

A detailed powerpoint (37 slides) filled with audio examples, also with activities, worksheets, knowledge organiser and two listening quizes about the musical features of Baroque Concerto Grosso. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation, composers, melody, harmony and more. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quick quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged. Could be used with KS3.

A detailed powerpoint (40 slides) filled with audio examples, also with activities, worksheets, knowledge organiser and two listening quizes about the musical features of Baroque Solo Concertos. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation, composers, melody, harmony and more. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quick quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged. Could be used with KS3.

Lots of Christmas songs for pupils to play on the piano, perfect for the last lesson before Christmas! Differentiated from note names to full sheet music, Songs include Merry Xmas Everyone, Winter Wonderland, All I Want For Christmas is You, Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Away in a Manger and Jingle Bells.

A detailed powerpoint filled with audio examples, also with activities, worksheets and two listening quizes about the musical features of Rock ‘n’ Roll music. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation, music technology, artists, melody, harmony and more. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quick quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged. Could be used with KS3.

Lesson 2 Objectives: Drum Tracks To understand the characteristics of different EDM drum tracks To understand how to input drum beats on garage band to create a drum loop To use pre-made loops in garage band to compose the rest of their EDM dance music Starter: Explore the drum tracks of EDM through a range of styles: Hip-Hop, House, Grime, Dubstep, Trance, Trap, Trance and Drum n Bass, listening to a range of examples for common and different musical features. Task: • Choose their style. • Input a 4 bar drum loop on garage band. • Input pre made garage band loops to finish the rest of their EDM piece. Plenary: Upload garage band file to google classroom and listen to selected pupils pieces.

A detailed powerpoint filled with audio examples, also with listening quizes about the musical features of African music. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation and vocals, music technology, tempo, time signatures and more of African music. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged.

A detailed powerpoint filled with audio examples, also with two listening quizes about the musical features of Samba music. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation, music technology, tempo, rhythms and more of Samba music. Lots of ‘RECAP’ and quick quiz moments throughout to keep pupils engaged.

A detailed powerpoint filled with audio examples, also with two listening quizes about the musical features of Bhangra music. This resource talks all about the history, instrumentation and vocals, music technology, tempo, time signatures and more of Bhangra music. Lots of ‘RECAP’ moments throughout to keep pupils engaged.

Lesson 1 Objectives: The History of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) To understand where EDM would be performed To understand the key characteristics of EDM Music To understand the different parts of an EDM track: Bass Line, Riff, Chords and Melody Starter: • Find out what pupils know about EDM • Link key words from this topic with characteristics typically heard in EDM Task: • Play Levels by Avicii, and apply knowledge of key words to the different sections of the music. • Learn how to perform Levels by Avicii, identifying the different parts of the piece of music. Plenary: Perform Levels as a class to cement knowledge of different sections of the music. Challenge/extension oppurtunities