A key word match for the Defying Gravity Set Work for the Edexcel GCSE specification.

Wider Listening resource for students studying A Level Music. Written particularly for Edexcel but could be adapted for other exam boards. Contains analysis grids for: Gladiator Once Upon a Time in the West Black Rain King Kong Schindler’s List Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Star Wars Passport to Pimlico Mars (The Planets) Eine Kleine Nachtmusik As well as space for own examples. Each grid contains a short bit of context for each piece.

A keyword recap sheet for Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata (1st movement) (Edexcel GCSE specification).

A keyword recap sheet for Afro Celt Sound System’s ‘Release’ (Edexcel GCSE specification).

A class performance designed to be an introduction to West African Drumming. You will need djembes and agogo bells. Use different students as the master drummer. You can add in call and response and improvisation passages as necessary.

Worksheet for rhythm writing with easy, medium and challenge options. Students are encouraged to work within simple and compound time signatures. Great for music theory club, homework or cover lessons.

A keyword recap sheet for Killer Queen (Edexcel specification).

A keyword recap sheet for the Star Wars Main Theme (Edexcel specification).

A short practical task for introducing students to film music and leitmotifs. The sheet has the James Bond theme split in to 3 parts for students to play in groups. Add in a pedal on D and A for an extra, easier part. Keywords included.

A keyword recap sheet for Esperanza’s Samba Em Preludio (Edexcel specification). Also has space for recapping the features of Bossa Nova.

A keyword recap sheet for Purcell’s Music for a While (Edexcel GCSE specification).

A keyword recap sheet for Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.5, 3rd Movement (Edexcel GCSE specification).

Questions that can be answered alongside the full length film of ‘The Snowman’. Perfect for cover near Christmas or as an end of term activity.

Wider Listening resource for students studying A Level Music. Written particularly for Edexcel but could be adapted for other exam boards. Contains analysis grids for: W.A. Mozart Joseph Haydn Ludwig Van Beethoven Felix Mendelssohn Johannes Brahms J.S. Bach Antonio Vivaldi Frederic Chopin Modest Mussorgsky As well as space for own examples. Each grid contains a short bit of context for each piece.

A worksheet for notating an 8 bar Binary form composition. Contains 2 tasks: Learn to play this A section and then write an 8 bar contrasting section Write your own A and B sections

Worksheet comparing the original James Bond theme with the Goldfinger theme. Included: Short Factfile Grid for student analysis of the main theme Space to compare similarities and differences between the two themes Extension tasks to listen at home Perfect for wider listening at GCSE or for a KS3 film music unit.

Wider Listening resource for students studying A Level Music. Written particularly for Edexcel but could be adapted for other exam boards. Contains analysis grids for: Messaien: Quartet for the End of Time and Canyons Des Etoiles Maxwell-Davies: Songs for a Mad King Boulez: Structures Reich: Pendulum Music Stockhausen: Gesang Der Junglinge Chin: The Mad Tea Party Davies: Re-greening Stravinsky: Petrushka Holst: Mars Debussy: L’Apres Midi d’un Faune As well as space for own examples. Each grid contains a short bit of context for each piece.

Wider Listening resource for students studying A Level Music. Written particularly for Edexcel but could be adapted for other exam boards. Contains analysis grids for: Gloria Estefan Robert Glasper Rimsky-Korsakov Anoushka Shankar Buena Vista Social Club A.R. Rahman Afro Celt Sound System Gershwin Santana Ravel As well as space for own examples. Each grid contains a short bit of context for each piece.

Booklet designed to help students read the notes of the treble clef through playing the keyboard. Students can work through a series of 11 keyboard melodies, each of which is progressively more difficult to improve their note reading and keyboard skills. Bars for writing your own melody included as an extension task. Assessment grid included.

A class performance to be used as an introduction to Gamelan music. Can be done on metallophones or keyboards.

Wider Listening resource for students studying A Level Music. Written particularly for Edexcel but could be adapted for other exam boards. Contains analysis grids for: Charles Mingus Carole King Jay Z Bjork Michael Jackson Esperanza Spalding Queen Miles Davis Lauryn Hill Dave Brubeck Quartet The Beach Boys As well as space for own examples. Each grid contains a short bit of context for each piece.