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
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!
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!
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!
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.
**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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
Careers in Music Display.
PDF file with 30 different career paths in the music industry. Each slide shows a description of the job and the salary range.
Ideal for a careers board or for in your music classroom.
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!
These cover worksheets are ideal for staff absences! All 8 require no prep, little/no technology, and are suitable for non-specialist teachers.
The worksheets have been designed with convenience in mind! Print and copy a class set of each and keep them handy with the overview sheets. Pupils answer on paper to save copying new sheets each time!
The overview sheets allows you or your substitute to see at-a-glance what classes have completed what sheets, and what tech/pupil knowledge is required for each so they can choose an activity suitable for them and the class.
Each worksheet should last a lesson, and there are suggestions of extension activities for fast finishers. They are suitable for a range of ages and abilities as I have used lots of open and general questions. The sheets are dyslexia-friendly with careful choice of layout and fonts. Pupils can work independently with no assistance from the teacher, perfect for non-specialists.
The worksheets cover a range of topics. Each has an icon in the corner to help you sort them quickly if they get mixed up. The range included means these can be used for General Music, Choir, Orchestra or a range of other music classes. They are aimed at years 7-9 /S1-3 BGE but are general enough to be used with older or younger classes too.
This set of sub sheets includes:
A Year of Music
A-Z Questions
Composer Profile
Film Music Moment
Plan a Jukebox Musical
Plan a Music Festival
Song Research Task
Stop the Bus
I really hope you find this product useful! I have used these successfully with my classes for years and they are so convenient for when I am absent or leaving classes to cover due to exams, concerts, shows and trips.
I recommend pairing this resource with my set of 16 music wordsearches!
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.
This series of nine posters about the Elements of Music is based around the popular acronym DR SMITH. The posters can be used around your department or classroom and are designed to help embed GCSE and A Level tier musical language throughout the wider school. The posters are suitable for display in either Secondary or Primary schools. These could also be used as knowledge organizers or reference sheets for Key Stage 3 and GCSE courses.
DR SMITH stands for Dynamics, Rhythm, Structure, Melody (and Metre), Instrumentation, Texture (and Tonality, Timbre and Tempo) and Harmony. Other variations on the acronym have been used but I find these to cover the most important aspects of musical knowledge in the simplest way.
Each poster is colour-coded to fit with the acronym DR SMITH. This same colour scheme can be used further up the school in GCSE and A Level analysis.
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.
This is a pre-intermediate (CEFR B1, IELTS 5.0) EFL speaking class about music. Students begin by activating prior knowledge using photographs, after which they discuss their experiences with music. Target language is then introduced using photographs. Students then confirm their comprehension of each genre of music by matching the genre to the instruments commonly used. A further discussion is introduced. Various free conversation activities are then completed to consolidate students’ learning.