AoS 1: Musical Forms and Devices – PART 1 BINARY, TERNARY, RONDO - SIX LESSONS* This is a 50-page PPT, as an Intro to Baroque, Classical and Romantic Music, covering Binary, Ternary and Rondo form in detail. Instead of trying to work chronologically, which always ends up being skewed towards earlier music, there are seven examples taken from across the centuries, to explain Binary, Ternary and Rondo. Musical examples from Purcell, Handel, JS Bach, Mozart, Brahms, R. Schumann, and Tchaikovsky. There are also three COMPOSING TASKS to put students’ understanding into practice. The bundle ALSO includes Sibelius and XML files for three of the pieces, to allow classroom performance. There is a focus on the Eduqas Appendix C, to cover lots of the terms there, with the rest to be covered in Part 2, soon! There are three mini-tests throughout the course, each worth 12-marks, and split into three groups of four, of increasing difficulty, so something for everyone. The resource comes as a 50-page PowerPoint, and an accompanying 16-page student workbook (PDF). *It is estimated that the course will take approx. six lessons, but of course this depends on how long schools’ lessons are, the prior experience of the students, and other factors. Please look at my TES shop for other resources. Thank you.

AoS 1: Musical Forms and Devices – PART 2 THEME & VARIATIONS, ALBERTI BASS, OSTINATO, DESCANT, ROUNDS, CANONS, TREMOLO, DIVISI, DRONE, MUTED* This is a 99-page PPT, following on from AoS1 Part 1, covering: Theme & Variations Alberti Bass Ostinato Descant Rounds Canons Drones Plus performance techniques, such as tremolo, divisi, falsetto, pizzicato, accents, sustained notes, and mutes And textures such as layered, imitation and countermelody Instead of trying to work chronologically, which always ends up being skewed towards earlier music, there are eleven examples, plus supporting pieces, taken from across the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras. Musical examples from the likes of Elgar, Mozart, Purcell, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams and Mahler, with supporting pieces by Schubert, Tchaikovsky… and Chuck Berry :) There are also three COMPOSING TASKS to put students’ understanding into practice. There is a focus on the Eduqas Appendix C, to cover lots of the terms there, with the rest to be covered in Part 1! There are eleven mini-tests throughout the course, each worth 12-marks, and split into three groups of four. The resource comes as a 99-page PowerPoint, and an accompanying 36-page student workbook (PDF), with YouTube links. The price reflects that this will last half a term’s lessons. *It is estimated that the course will take approx. six lessons, but of course this depends on how long schools’ lessons are, the prior experience of the students, and other factors. Please look at my TES shop for other resources. Thank you.

This sheet is to be used alongside the Aural Help sheet for Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. It provides a useful chart showing the features of each style and period, as well as suggested composers, as is required in the aural part of an ABRSM music examination. It would also be useful for use in the music classroom, in particular those studying for GCSE, As Level and A Level music.

Double sided worksheet and teacher slides for a music cover lesson on film music. Suitable for both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The lesson includes six short activities: a starter, listening task, composition task (without instruments), a film technique question, reading activity and reflection. The lesson has been designed to be delivered without instruments or computers, though the lesson is easily adaptable to include a practical element should you wish. Prior teaching on the elements of music is recommended. This is the perfect music lesson for a written music lesson or cover lesson with a non-specialist. Please note: This resource includes both printable materials and audio files (MP3 format). New Cover Sept '26 Enjoyed this resource? Your feedback helps to improve and create new materials. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review! Discover more cover work topics at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/megrose99

GCSE MUSIC – KEY MUSICAL ELEMENTS This 36-page PPT is a great way to kick off the GCSE course, providing an accessible introduction to (or refresher of!) key musical elements: Pulse Metre (including regular and irregular) Rhythm (including syncopation, off-beat rhythms, dotted rhythms and triplets) Chords (including triads and inversions) Melody-writing Basic arranging for ensemble It is expected that most students will have encountered many of these at Key Stage 3, and so whilst this PPT can act as an introduction with clear explanations, it can also act as a useful refresher, with the exercises very much aimed at Key Stage 4. Students will need access to keyboard or guitars, and notation software or manuscript paper. Update (19.09.24): I have added answers to the PPT, so that it could be used by a non-specialist teacher, or even set as cover / homework. Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

Harmony, Form and Structure The GCSE Music Specification includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t covered by many of the styles of music studied. Many students struggle with recognising musical elements, especially cadences, chord inversions, and other elements of harmony, form and structure, so this resource comprises 17 short extracts of music, five of which have skeleton scores, as in the exam. Each extract has four questions attached, covering all the terms associated with Harmony, Form and Structure: HARMONY Primary chords Secondary chords Inversion Diatonic Tonic Subdominant Dominant (7th) Perfect cadence Imperfect cadence Plagal cadence Interrupted cadence Chord progression/chord sequence Harmonic rhythm Drone Pedal Dissonance Power chords FORM AND STRUCTURE Binary Ternary Rondo Minuet and Trio Repetition Contrast Theme and variations Strophic 32 bar song form/AABA 12 bar Blues Call and response Ostinato Bridge Break Loop Improvisation Verse Chorus Middle 8 Fill Introduction Outro Coda Riff Regular phrasing Irregular phrasing The extracts cover a wide range of music, featuring the likes of Joan Jett, Mahler, Primus, Jimmy Rushing, Mel Tormé, Carly Simon, Henry Mancini, Katrina & the Waves, and Blu Cantrell. The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 38’20”. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the PDF question paper and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the GCSE Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

** audio amended 13/07 Interactive teacher-lead PowerPoint. Teachers click to play audio tracks / change slide etc. Comes with visual PPT with all audio files embedded, answer sheet and link to GoogleDrive for alternative download. 10 Rounds: 1 - Intros 2 - Before They Were Famous 3 - Connections 4 - Reverse 5 - Tv Montages 6 - Picture Round 7 - 8-Bit 8 - Festival Headliners 9 - 2026 Hits 10 - Finale Megamix

Fully annotated score for Bach’s Badinerie. Perfect for EDUQAS GCSE Music. Use as a teaching aid or revision resource. *Please note: This is resource contains a hand annotated score for Badinerie only. * This resource can be purchased alongside exam questions for both Badinerie and Africa in the full EDUQAS GCSE Music exam pack. Find the annotated score for Badinerie AND Africa in the Teacher’s Answer Book. Get the full pack here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-music-exam-question-booklet-13194540 Enjoyed this resource? Your feedback helps to improve and create new materials. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review!

This is a textbook to accompany the CIE IGCSE Music Curriculum: AOS 3 - Romantic Music. The resource takes you through the set works outlined by CIE in their suggested scheme of work with analysis, questions and composition tips.

Musical Styles – Tonality – Tempo – Rhythm – Dynamics The GCSE Music Specification includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t covered by many of the styles of music studied. Many students struggle with recognising musical elements on a printed score, so this resource comprises 20 short extracts of music, 17 of which have skeleton scores, as in the exam. Each extract has four questions attached, covering the terms associated with: Musical Styles Tonality Tempo Rhythm Dynamics The extracts cover a wide range of music, featuring music from the likes of Abba, Count Basie, Anthrax, Tupac, Berlioz, Whitney Houston, Al Green, JS Bach, Pluto Shervington, Sting, and Dame Judi Dench! The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 37’, either as one file or 20 separate files: perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the PDF question paper and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the GCSE Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Double sided worksheet and teacher slides for a music cover lesson on musical theatre. Suitable for both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. The lesson includes six short activities: a starter, listening task, composition task (without instruments), a song type question, reading activity and reflection. The lesson has been designed to be delivered without instruments or computers and students may need additional paper for the creative composition task. Prior teaching on the elements of music is recommended. This is the perfect music lesson for a written music lesson or cover lesson with a non-specialist. Please note: This resource includes both printable materials and audio files (MP3 format). New Cover Sept '26 Enjoyed this resource? Your feedback helps to improve and create new materials. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review! Discover more cover work topics at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TheMusicEducatorsVault?p=2

Classical Music – Western Classical Music Eras: Music History and Styles is a clear and engaging teaching resource designed to support music educators in exploring the Classical period and its lasting influence on Western classical music. Ideal for secondary and introductory college-level study, this resource examines the historical, cultural, and musical developments of the era, featuring composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. It explores the growing importance of the orchestra, key instruments of the period, and the rise of the pianoforte, which transformed musical expression. Students will learn about defining styles including the Galant style and Empfindsamer Stil, alongside major instrumental forms such as the symphony, sonata form, and concerto, including cadenzas and the use of Alberti bass. Through a structured and accessible approach, this resource offers valuable insight into one of music history’s most balanced, expressive, and influential periods. The resource includes a fully editable and visually engaging 120+ slide presentation, broken into six clear, curriculum-aligned chapters: Introduction to the Classical Period Classical and the change from Baroque Operatic music in the Classical Period Instrumental music and Styles Typical Instruments and Orchestration Classical Listening Habits Classical Composers Top Ten Characteristics of Classical Music Each slide is filled with embedded YouTube videos and music examples to enhance learning and keep students engaged. To support and reinforce learning, the resource also includes five fun and informative worksheets. This guides students through researching Baroque composers, musical forms and key vocabulary, and finish with an interactive composition activity using a digital audio workstation (DAW). To support teachers, a detailed answer sheet is also provided, helping to guide class discussion, structure marking, and save valuable planning time.

A PowerPoint and accompanying Student Workbook, designed to take students through the genre of Bhangra, and Fusions, within the context of listening practice, and exam-style questioning. This is Lesson 6 of a series, exploring all the Eduqas-prescribed genres of Popular music. This helps teachers who are less-familiar with Bhangra, and provides listening examples to use. Listening exercises on music by: Trilok Gurtu Harjit Harman Panjabi MC Shaktee Respectable Groove Heavy Metal JS Bach Red Hot Chili Peppers PPT and Workbook both have YouTube links, with timings. NB If the links say that YouTube can’t find the video, just refresh, and it appears. (Don’t ask me why!) Please see my TES shop for other PPTs and Workbooks in the Popular Music series, coving all prescribed styles for the Eduqas GCSE Music.

All GCSE music specifications require students to have a comprehensive knowledge of a variety of different melodic devices, with many courses requiring students to be able to demonstrate this knowledge in both composition coursework and in the appraising exam. This pack of 8 worksheets introduces a wide range of these devices, and includes two short composition tasks that give students an opportunity to practice using these devices before beginning their composition coursework or while preparing for the exam. Each of the worksheets that introduce new keywords come in two variants: one that has the definitions already provided, giving a useful reference or revision sheet; and one that provides a blank space for the student to write a definition for themselves. Where appropriate, each keyword is accompanied by a short musical example. Here is a breakdown of each worksheet: – Worksheet 1.1: An introduction to a range of melodic devices with definitions provided; – Worksheet 1.2: An introduction to a range of melodic devices with space for students to research and write their own definition; – Worksheet 1.3: A follow-up composition task, using the melodic devices covered in Worksheets 1.1 and 1.2; – Worksheet 2.1: An introduction to a range of melodic devices with specific focus on devices that can be used in motivic development; – Worksheet 2.1: An introduction to a range of melodic devices with specific focus on devices that can be used in motivic development, with definitions provided; – Worksheet 2.2: An introduction to a range of melodic devices with specific focus on devices that can be used in motivic development, with space for students to research and write their own definition; – Worksheet 2.3: A follow-up composition task, using the melodic devices covered in Worksheets 2.1 and 2.2; – Worksheet 3.1: Introduction to a range of additional melodic keywords not previously covered, with definitions provided; – Worksheet 3.2: Introduction to a range of additional melodic keywords not previously covered, with space for students to research and write their own definition. Previews of the first page of each worksheet are available from the files list. Throughout the worksheets, the following keywords are covered: Conjunct, disjunct, scalic, triadic, passing note, broken chord, ornament, trill, acciaccatura, appoggiatura, sequence, augmentation, diminution, retrograde, glissando, melisma, blue notes, diatonic, chromatic, riff, ostinato, inversion, hook, articulation, improvisation, legato, staccato, and marcato. It is the responsibility of the teacher to check this coverage of keywords against the exam board specification, this worksheet pack does not intend to offer complete coverage for all specifications. Please leave a review if you like this resource!

100 Revision Activities for Eduqas GCSE Music 100 knowledge-based revision tasks for the Eduqas GCSE Music Appraising exam. Topics include the elements of music, keywords and definitions, music theory, set works, and music styles. Saturday 8th March 2025 marks ‘100 Days To Go’ until the 2025 Eduqas GCSE Music Appraising exam. This revision pack provides a task for each day in the run up to the exam. Designed to take no longer than 15 minutes to complete, each task also includes an additional challenge. Not restricted to ‘100 Days’, these revision activities make a perfect addition to lessons in the run up to the Appraising exam: Do Now activities, revision lessons, cover work, home learning tasks, independent revision, and so on. An interactive document, page 2 provides a menu linked to each revision activity. Clicking the task number on each page then returns you to the home page. Why not choose a number at random to really test your students’ knowledge! An answer pack is also included. If you like this product, be sure to also consider these revision packs: 50 Badinerie Revision Tasks: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-gcse-music-badinerie-set-work-revision-pack-13226305 50 Africa Revision Tasks: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/eduqas-gcse-music-africa-set-work-revision-pack-13237250 If you have any questions or queries about this resource, please email kbmusicresources@gmail.com Link to KBMusicResources TES shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/kbmusicresources

Romantic Music – Western Classical Music Eras: Music History and Styles is a clear and engaging teaching resource designed to support music educators in exploring the Romantic period and its major influence on the development of Western classical music. Ideal for secondary and introductory college-level study, this resource examines the historical, cultural, and musical context of the era, including the transition from the Classical period into a more emotional, expressive, and dramatic musical style. Students explore the rise of programme music, the expansion of the orchestra, advances in instruments and orchestration, and the growing importance of nationalism in music across Europe. The resource also investigates the lives, styles, and achievements of key Romantic composers, alongside the historical events and artistic movements that shaped the period. Featuring a massive interactive presentation with embedded YouTube listening examples, score extracts, audio clips, and clear explanations, students can analyse symphonies, operas, piano works, Lieder, concertos, and tone poems. Key concepts, including chromatic harmony, expressive melody, virtuosic performance, orchestral colour, and emotional storytelling, are explored through an accessible and structured approach. The resource also includes a “Top Ten Characteristics of Romantic Music” section, helping students build a broad understanding of one of the most influential eras in music history. The resource includes a visually engaging 160+ slide presentation, broken into six clear, curriculum-aligned chapters: Introduction to the Romantic Period Industrial Revolution Transition from Classical to Romantic Romantic Period Genres The “HIGH” Romantic Period Nationalism in the Romantic Music Period “LATE” Romantic Period or Post-romanticism Typical Instruments and Orchestration Romantic Composers and Romantic Schools of music Top Ten Characteristics of Romantic Music Each slide is filled with embedded YouTube videos and music examples to enhance learning and keep students engaged. To support and reinforce learning, the resource also includes five fun and informative worksheets. This guides students through researching Medieval composers, musical forms and key vocabulary, and finish with an interactive composition activity using a digital audio workstation (DAW). To support teachers, a detailed answer sheet is also provided, helping to guide class discussion, structure marking, and save valuable planning time.

Medieval Music – Western Classical Music Eras: Music History and Styles is a clear and engaging teaching resource designed to support music educators in exploring the Medieval period and its foundational role in the development of Western classical music. Ideal for secondary and introductory college-level study, this resource examines the historical, cultural, and musical contexts of the era, from monasteries and cathedrals to courts and marketplaces. Students explore the dominance of sacred music, including plainchant and the development of early polyphony through organum and the Notre Dame school. The resource also highlights secular traditions such as troubadour and trouvère songs, dance music, and the emergence of forms like the motet and the Mass. Key concepts including monophonic texture, modal melody, rhythmic modes, and early notation are clearly explained through a structured and accessible approach. This resource offers valuable insight into a period that laid the essential foundations for harmony, notation, and large-scale musical structure in Western music history. The resource includes a visually engaging 120+ slide presentation, broken into six clear, curriculum-aligned chapters: Introduction to the Medieval Period Types of Medieval Music Early Medieval music High Medieval Music Late Medieval Music Medieval Music and Notation Instruments and Orchestration Medieval Listening Habits Medieval Composers Top Ten Characteristics of Classical Music Each slide is filled with embedded YouTube videos and music examples to enhance learning and keep students engaged. To support and reinforce learning, the resource also includes five fun and informative worksheets. This guides students through researching Medieval composers, musical forms and key vocabulary, and finish with an interactive composition activity using a digital audio workstation (DAW). To support teachers, a detailed answer sheet is also provided, helping to guide class discussion, structure marking, and save valuable planning time.

Simple ideas to create a rondo form story about Vivaldi’s Spring 1 and then create music for this story. For general teachers and music teachers in elementary schools.

This sheet contains key information for Guitar, Bass, Piano/Keyboard, and Drums. Along with common chords and scales it shows common chord progressions including a 12 bar blues in A. Guitar chords, Bass Line Patterns, Piano/Keyboard Chords, Drum Beat Patterns, Worsheet, Poster.

Worksheet to encourage students to listen and reflect on the features of music - useful for aural skills around ABRSM grade 5 level.

A powerpoint presentation aimed at Introducing Year 12 students to the development of Western Classical music. This could also be used with GCSE classes. Use alongside listening examples of your choice.