If you find it useful and would like the other Areas of Study for GCSE music, send me a message and i'm happy to share! Please comment and rate! This is the PowerPoint I use to explore the basics of Rhythm and Metre (Area of Study 01), and I have also added to audio files that are embedded in the PowerPoint. This covers the basics of keyword definitions and examples, but is a good starting point for the pupils.

A fun activity to get their young minds ticking, and get them thinking! Just run the PowerPoint and the pupils need to guess who the 'close-up&' picture is of (answers follow)! Please comment and let me know what you think and how it works in your class! This is the third one I have tried of these, and the pupils still seem to enjoy the challenge. I hope it helps in some way!

UPDATED - Now includes audio tracks Simple to difficult dictation activities. The question sheet has a few hint/tips that were appropriate for the AQA Music course, but may be helpful n general Question sheet (for pupil) and answer sheet (for teacher to play to the class/pupil etc). I hope that this resource can be of some help! Please RATE and COMMENT!

OCR GCSE Music 9-1 - Area of Study 3 - Rhythms of the World “The Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East” “Traditional Greek Music” - Whole Lesson This resource takes the pupils through all that they need to know about “Traditional Greek Music” in preparation for their Music GCSE. The Powerpoint contains all of the information that they need in preparation for their exam, and relevant listening tests/activites to complete too (all in the PowerPoint). This resource comes with; Teaching Powerpoint that contains all of the information needed about Greek Music; - Contextual information, Instrumentation, typical Greek rhythms etc. - Audio and video files embedded in PPT but are also backed up in zip files. Two different listening papers with answers with relevant audio tracks (zip files) Greek music Keyword/ Features sheet (word doc). The resource is mainly aimed at the OCR board, but there is a lot of relavent information for all of the other GCSE exam boards. I hope that this resource is useful to you and your pupils. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. Thank you

This is a blank tab sheet music to write tab for bass guitar. Just download and print....space to add bar lines. Hope this can help somebody! Please comment!

This is the PowerPoint I use to explore the basics of Harmony and Tonality (Area of Study 02), and I have also added to audio files and video files that are embedded in the PowerPoint. This covers the basics of keyword definitions and examples, but is a good starting point for the pupils. Please rate and comment! I hope that you find this useful! Follow up from Area of Study 01: http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/AQA-Area-of-Study-01-Rhythm-and-Metre-6337197/

Ready to print key word booklet for AQA GCSE Music. Set out appropriately for the Areas of Study specific to the AQA Music course. I hope that this resource is helpful in some way! Please COMMENT and RATE!

*Version 2* Correction made on slide 5 as I had put in the wrong music notation screenshot! This is the PowerPoint I use to explore the basics of Structure and Form (Area of Study 05), and I have also added to audio files that are embedded in the PowerPoint. This covers the basics of keyword definitions and examples, but is a good starting point for the pupils. If you find it useful and would like the other Areas of Study for GCSE music, send me a message and i'm happy to share! Please comment and rate!

“Cadences” - GCSE Music. This resources is suitable for a whole lesson. It is particularly useful for introducing Cadences for the first time, but also acts as a good recap resource too. Please note, All of the examples given in this resources are all performed by a piano (no examples given in the context of larger works e.g. orchestral examples) This resource includes the following files; Powerpoint Presentation - Includes visual examples, audio examples, a video example of a Tierce de Piacrdy and a listening test. A listening test activity (pupil worksheet (word doc) and audio excerpts, of which are all embedded into the powerpoint presentation). a Zip file that includes all of the audio for the Listening test (for backup purposes). a Zip files that includes all of the other audio and video examples used in the Powerpoint presentation. (for backup purposes). I hope that you find this resources useful/helpful. Ben

I have made a set of musical instruments top trump cards. A fun way to revise the instruments of the orchestra, any a few more. Once you have downloaded the word doc, you will need to edit the values on the cards. This has been something I have been meaning to do, but in the mean time I thought I should share this and let others use it! Please comment...and let me know how effective they are :) P.s. sorry the file is large, there are a lot of pictures in the document!

An arrangement for Ukulele of 'Somebody That I Used To Know' by Gotye. With Ukulele's becoming more and more popular, I created this arrangement for my Ukulele group. Reasonably straight forward, but effective arrangement which the group performed in my last school concert. Please comment and rate....I hope that you find this fun and useful to use!

This resource/booklet was designed for a cover lesson, but is also great for use as part of curriculum teaching too. The booklet enables pupils to explore ‘The Ukulele’ through thoery and then through a range of given tasks; Task 01 Read through the following information all about th Ukulele Task 02 Ukulele Quiz 01 – Answer the questions based on Task 01 Task 03 Read through the information all about Mastering Ukulele Playing Techniques Task 04 Ukulele Quiz 02 – Answer the questions based on Task 03 Task 05 Complete the ‘Ukulele’ Wordsearch Task 06 Complete the ‘Ukulele’ Crossword Task 06 ‘’Create your own wordsearch’ – Create your own Wordsearch all to do with the Ukulele. Use the information within the booklet to help you. I hope that this resources is useful. Thank you for viewing/downloading my resources.

Arrangement of Someone Like You by Adele. 3 parts, can be adapted to play in a group, trio, duet, solo etc on any instrument. I hope you find the resource useful! Please leave a comment! Thanks :)

This resource/booklet was designed for a cover lesson, but is also great for use as part of curriculum teaching too. The booklet enables pupils to explore ‘African Music’ through thoery and then through a range of given tasks; Task 01 Read through the following information all about ‘African Music’ Task 02 Activity 01 – Find all of the missing words Task 03 Activity 02 - Anagrams ‘African Music’ Task 04 Activity 03 - African Music Quiz Task 05 Activity 04 Complete the ‘African Music’ Wordsearch Task 06 Activity 04 ‘’Create your own wordsearch" I hope that this resources is useful. Thank you for viewing/downloading my resources.

OCR GCSE Music 9-1 - Area of Study 3 - Rhythms of the World “Indian Classical Music” This resource takes the pupils through all that they need to know about “Classical Indian Music” in preparation for their Music GCSE. The Powerpoint contains all of the information that they need in preparation for their exam, including videos and listening tests. This resource comes with; Teaching PowerPoint Videos Keyword Sheet (designed to also assist the listening acitivies) Listening Tests (with audio) NOW UPDATED TESTS INCLUDED (FOUR NEW TESTS WITH ANSWERS) The resource is mainly aimed at the OCR board, but there is a lot of relavent information for all of the other GCSE exam boards. I hope that this resource is useful to you and your pupils. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. Thank you

OCR GCSE Music 9-1 - Area of Study 3 - Rhythms of the World “Palestinian and Israeli Folk Music” “Palestinian and Israeli Folk Music” - Whole Lesson This resource takes the pupils through all that they need to know about “Palestinian and Israeli Folk Music” in preparation for their Music GCSE. The Powerpoint contains all of the information that they need in preparation for their exam, and relevant listening tests/activites to complete too (all in the PowerPoint). This resource comes with; Teaching Powerpoint that contains all of the information needed about Palestinian and Israeli Folk Music; Contextual information, Instrumentation, typical rhythms etc. Audio and video files embedded in PPT but are also backed up in zip files. Two different listening activities within the PPT (with answers and audio) The resource is mainly aimed at the OCR board, but there is a lot of relavent information for all of the other GCSE exam boards. I hope that this resource is useful to you and your pupils. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. Thank you

OCR GCSE Music 9-1 - Area of Study 3 - Rhythms of the World “Central and South America” Includes; “Samba Music” “Calypso Music” This resource takes the pupils through all that they need to know about “samba Music” and “Calypso Music” in preparation for their Music GCSE. The Powerpoint contains all of the information that they need in preparation for their exam, and relevant listening tests/activites to complete too (all in the PowerPoint). This resource comes with; Teaching Powerpoint that contains all of the information needed about Samba and Calypso; Contextual information, Instrumentation, typical techniques and characteristics etc. Audio and video files embedded in PPT but are also backed up in zip files. Two different listening papers with answers for each genre, with relevant audio tracks (zip files) Keyword/ Features sheet (word doc). The resource is mainly aimed at the OCR board, but there is a lot of relavent information for all of the other GCSE exam boards. I hope that this resource is useful to you and your pupils. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. Thank you

This resource/booklet was designed for a cover lesson. The booklet enables pupils to explore ‘Reggae Music’ through thoery and then through a range of given tasks; Task 01 - Questions and answers (based on the given the theory). Task 02 - “Three Little Birds” music score copying task - Pupils are given the music to “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley and an empty music score to allow them to ‘practise’ copying the music notation. I hope that this resources is useful. Thank you for viewing/downloading my resources.

This resource/booklet was designed for a cover lesson, but is also great for use as part of curriculum teaching too. The booklet enables pupils to explore ‘Rock n Roll Music’ through thoery and then through a range of given tasks; Task 01 Read through the following information all about ‘Rock n Roll Music’ Task 02 Rock n Roll Quiz 01 – Answer the questions based on Task 01 Task 03 The Musical Characteristics of ‘Rock n Roll Music’ Task 04 Rock n Roll Quiz 02 – Answer the questions based on Task 03 Task 05 Complete the ‘Rock n Roll Music’ Wordsearch Task 06 Complete the ‘Rock n Roll Music’ Crossword Task 06 ‘’Create your own wordsearch’ – Create your own Wordsearch all to do with Rock n Roll music. Use the information within the booklet to help you. I hope that this resources is useful. Thank you for viewing/downloading my resources.

Samba Music Cover Booklet - This resource/booklet was designed for a cover lesson. The booklet enables pupils to explore Samba Music and Dance through thoery and then through a range of given tasks; Task 01 - Read through information about Samba music and dance Task 02 - Answer Questions in full sentences Task 03 - Read through information about Samba Music (in more detail) Task 04 - Answer multiple-choice questions about Samba Music. Task 05 - Wordsearch Task 06 - Crossword Task 07 - Create your own wordsearch I hope that this resources is useful. Thank you for viewing/downloading my resources.