Music Edexcel AS Level Popular Music and Jazz - Kate Bush

A short listening test on simple features of the blues. The listening track and answers are also attached.

This PPT should cover everything needed for the Indian Music section of the CIE IGCSE course, and other GCSE syllabuses. It covers key features, instruments, structure, and goes onto Bhangra at the end. All of the videos should be embedded, but if they don’t play then all the YouTube links are cited at the bottom of every slide. The language used is quite simple as it is written for EAL second language English speakers. Any feedback please let me know.

This resource could be used as a worksheet or an assessment to test students’ knowledge of chords and cadences. It asks them to work out the key signature, the chords and then ascertain the cadence

Card sort with keywords and definitions for GCSE Music.

This PPT includes a keyword definition activity and also some listening questions on the Beatles song “Let it Be”. It can be 100% completed independently at home so is ideal for home and online learning.

This crossword revises the key featutres, composers and dates of the Classical Era. Ideal for the lead up for GCSE exams.

This worksheet talks students through how to vary a given theme using theme and variation techniques. It uses drone, major chords, minor chords and countermelody. A good composition starter for IGCSE or for introducing basic theory and composition techniques in KS3.

A presentation to take you through the basics of Jazz and Blues music. It is GCSE standard, although if you have a KS3 unit on Jazz this could be helpful also.

A presentation to teach Takht music for the Arabic World focus in CIE IGCSE 2020.

This PPT includes literacy and music tasks for students to complete at home while online learning, all related to the Blues unit.

This presentation talks through everything to do with the Journal requirement of the new IB Music course.

This presentation talks students through the process of working our Major Key Signatures with flats or sharps. It has an embedded YouTube video, quizlet quiz and musictheory.net quiz link. There are tasks within the presentation so this could be used as a home learning lesson, or can be taught in the classroom.

This worksheet accompanies a Youtube video of 4 different musical soundtrack accompaniments to one scene from Pirates of the Caribbean. Students watch the clip and complete the table using the keyboards. There is a link to a quizlet to study the terms if needed. I don’t own the rights to the Youtube video.

There are 3 short composition exercises that cover Theme and Variations, Minimalism and Viennese Waltz. These are produced on musescore and attached as links to mxl files which should open on Sibelius / Flat /Musescore. There are explanatory videos accompanying each composition exercise which talk students through each step of the process. These exercises are simply for students to practice their composing skills in a variety of styles. They would therefore be suitable for GCSE and able KS3 students. They were designed to be used by students who are engaging in home learning during COVID school closures.

These listening questions are written for those studying CIE iGCSE with the Mozart piano concerto as the 2021 set work, but would be good listening and analysis practice for any KS4 / 5 students. They relate specifically to movement 3. The extracts of the score, questions, answers and listening tracks are attached.

This listening assessment is designed to test GCSE level students on their analysis of music from the Classical and Romantic periods. They are required to give information on the Period, Dates, Composer, Style, Musical Features and Instrumentation. Can be adapted for use with any listening extract. The 4 listening extracts are included as mp3s, and an answer sheet is included

This task asks students to add the missing word to each sentence, revising all of Western Classical Music knowledge from the IGCSE (and other) curriculums

This is a simple word doc. step by step guide for students to create and setup their first score on Musescore. There is also a video with the same information, followed by a video which shows step by step the input of an 8 bar simple chord sequence. These were made to support KS3 classes working independently from home to form the basis of a simple pop song composition.

A revision table for students to consolidate all the information for the different areas of the world for the World Music elements of the GCSE course. Useful leading up to the exam.

An activity for students to sort keyword features into the different country areas for GCSE Music.