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!
UPDATE - I will be sharing a NEW version for 2024-25 in the next week or so (08/08/24)
UPDATE – Due to the large number of complaints about dead links – I have checked every one on 2 separate devices. I have found and have repaired one **Dead Link.
Please use the Playlist link below as it has every video in sequence – I can only apologize if any problems continue, but I have done everything possible to rectify your concerns.
I have replaced the original document with the updated version.
Hopefully the issue is fixed, but I honestly couldn’t find an obvious one**
This is the 2nd Year of the calendar and still at its simplest level the purpose of this calendar is to offer a wide-ranging selection of music: different styles, genres, origins, artists, historical periods and so on.
As part of an interesting and robust music curriculum, children need to hear and experience music and musical styles and artists that they may not otherwise have the opportunity to hear. The idea was to create a calendar of a song a day.
190 school days… 190 songs.
These songs could be used in whatever way the user thinks best – on entry to the classroom in the morning, as assembly music, as a calming session after breaktimes of lunchtimes, or as an introduction to a music lesson.
This resource includes this year’s calendar AND last year’s - 2 years of music - for £2!
This year I am asking a nominal fee of £2, for a complete resource that will last you all year. I am proud of the product and feel that for the extensive hours spent creating it £2 is well worth it!
This is the 3rd Year of the calendar and still at its simplest level the purpose of this calendar is to offer a wide-ranging selection of music: different styles, genres, origins, artists, historical periods and so on.
As part of an interesting and robust music curriculum, children need to hear and experience music and musical styles and artists that they may not otherwise have the opportunity to hear. The idea was to create a calendar of a song a day.
190 school days… 190 songs. (+2 for those with different school schudeules)
These songs could be used in whatever way the user thinks best – on entry to the classroom in the morning, as assembly music, as a calming session after breaktimes of lunchtimes, or as an introduction to a music lesson.
This resource includes this year’s calendar ONLY.
The previous versions are still available
This year I am asking a fee of £3, for a complete resource that will last you all year. I am proud of the product and feel that for the extensive hours spent creating it £3 is well worth it!
This A3 Worksheet is a great resource when you need to set cover for a music lesson but don’t have a non specialist to teach it.
For this task students must create the branding for a new band called ‘Hazard’. This involves designing a logo for the band, an album cover, a picture vinyl and even a tour van!
This could also be used as a great KS3 Graphics cover lesson.
Print in A3
Types of music, links with Echo 3 pp8-9. Shows use of dass and word order change. Gives examples of musicians linked with genres. Listening extracts use Echo but you could adapt as answers given.
Includes Information and assessment grids for components 1 & 2.
Independent activities for ALL areas of study
Analysis of Africa & Badinerie (info taken from Eduqas’ own anaylses.)
Full vocabulary list
Comprises 63 pages
These are 5 worksheet activities for Key Stage 3 classes. Designed to be used by a non specialist teacher or supply teacher.
Please see the preview for the worksheets.
**A music quiz to round off all the greatest hits from 2023-24. **The quiz is split into 6 rounds with 10 questions in each (answers at the end):
1.Hits of 2024 - listen to the track and guess the title
2. TV Themes - listen to the soundtrack and guess the TV series
3. Live Lounge - listen to the cover song and guess the voice of the artist singing
4. TikTok Trends - watch the muted TikTok and guess the song in the background
5. International Hits - listen to the hit No.1 track and guess the country it comes from
6. Films of 2024 - listen to the soundtrack and guess the film
This resource comes with the PowerPoint (with all videos and audio tracks cut and faded) and a Quiz Sheet for students to fill out their answers. Please note that the PowerPoint will not work on Google Slides, only on Microsoft PowerPoint
This quiz should probably last around an hour but you could also split it up across lessons to shorten it or play extracts again to make it longer. Suitable for Years 7-13.
This is a pack of 3 worksheets containing mathematical exercises that use musical symbols alongside numbers. The exercises are:
1. Adding & subtracting (24 questions)
2. Multiplication & division (24 questions)
3. Basic Algebra (12 questions)
The musical symbols covered are semibreves, minims, crotchets and quavers. This pack was designed to be used with Key Stage 2 and 3 students but could be used with other age groups. Answers are included
This is a great way to build cross curricular links between Music and Math.
This presentation shows two lessons I have developed to introduce Year 9 to rock music using Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams. It's designed as a small part of a larger topic on popular music but could be extended to give students more time to prepare. It features three differentiated challenges for students to select with different key questions. The final two slides I copy onto A5 cards to support students who want to perform the chords on guitar.
This works well with all the many performing resources for Boulevard of Broken Dreams that are already out there!
The aim of this topic is to give children the opportunity to learn about the music of Mexico through listening and singing.
The children will:
Listen to a variety of music styles and genres from Mexico.
Learn about the instruments used in the popular Mariachi bands.
Listen to some music from the Maya Civilisation.
Learn to sing the song Al Citron and play the stone passing game associated with it.
This a a short topic that can be stretched to 6 weeks or done in 3, depending on the amount of time dedicated to your music lessons. It would work nicely as a cross-curricular topic if you are looking at Mexico in Geography or the Mayan Civilisation in History.
11 slides. Visually appealing, colour coded musical elements organised according to MADTSHIRT - Melody, Articulation, Dynamics, Texture, Structure, Harmony, Instrumentation, Rhythm and Tempo. Great for GCSE to reinforce key terms. Works well with MADTSHIRT key terms worksheets also available in my shop.
These are three mini-projects I do with my year 10s before launching the free composition. One features rhythm as a starting point, the second melody and the third timbre and texture. These are delivered after some basic music theory has been delivered.
Africa by Toto - Revision Guide
7-page revision guide
Eight questions, to consolidate students’ knowledge
All the key points about this set-work, summarised on one 7-page revision guide.
No superfluous information - just the stuff the students need to know for the exam!
Formatted in the style of a student’s revision booklet, with sticky notes, to encourage familiarity and engagement.
Each page covers a new section of the song:
Intro
Verse 1
Chorus 1 & 2
Verse 2
Instrumental Solo
Chorus 3 (&4)
Outro
Each page has musical examples, and clear labelling to ensure that students are ready to answer any question on this set work.
Following this, there are seven 6-mark questions (ie half the marks in the exam), one for each section and one 8-mark General Knowledge at the end, totalling 50 marks.
The bundle includes the full document, plus the three sections (revision, tests, 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 Eduqas GCSE Music course.
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ
This is a single lesson aimed towards GCSE level students helping them to understand cadences in music. There is a lesson PowerPoint supported by a worksheet for pupils to completed and use as a revision tool. There is also a homework in which pupils write out some cadences in various keys.
Let’s learn about Music!
This worksheet includes 10 pages with a large variety of activities and exercises about music. The materials have informative exercises about music such as instruments, famous musicians, history, music styles and many other things! Crosswords, word searches, puzzles and other kinds of activities are included to make it a fun and interesting class.
GOOGLE SLIDES WITH PREMADE TEXTBOXES INCLUDED!
Overview:
Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: History
Page 3: Instruments
Page 4/5: Music Styles
Page 6: Famous Musicians
Page 7: Karaoke
Page 8: Musicals
Page 9: The greatest Composers
Page 10: Reflection
Extra: Music Styles (Expert)
Extra: Famous Musicians (Expert)
The answers and an answer sheet are included.
Keywords:
Music, notes, pitch, tune, rhythm, piano, violin, guitar, instrument, rock, pop, blues, classical, karaoke, musical, composer, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin.
An initial workbook I use for year 10 to introduce and reaffirm basic theoretical understanding that underpins the GCSE course.
Topics start from note values, rhythm, time signatures right through to, pitch, scales, intervals and chords.
Explanations, information and exercises are used along the way.
These are all of the Musical Terms for each Musical Element presented by Eduqas in the Music GCSE Revision book. This PDF can be used as a teaching resource, revision or as a display. The key terms are listed under each Musical Element to further the knowledge of the students to meet the requirements of the course.