This worksheet is intended as a guide for students to take the chords and melody to Jingle Bells which are provided and to adapt them to fit different musical genres. The genres with specific guidance are Traditional (Major), Sad (Minor), Rave and Hip Hop. Each of the named genres have noted features with guidance for students to recreate the given material in their chosen style. There is a chord box with the notes for each chord (Major and Minor) as well as the melody to get students started.

This session should last for 3-4 hours focused on learning and composing music for film. It highlights the ideas of a leitmotif, including examples from Star Wars, James Bond, Mission Impossible and Pirates of the Caribbean. There are work sheets on diegetic and non-diegetic sound, the instruments of the orchestra and different musical styles used in film. The final sheet is detailing the steps used when creating variations of a melody such as sequencing, inversion etc. These sheets are designed to be either used in conjunction as a booklet for a days intervention or spread across a few lessons. Each sheet is a self contained topic which can be used individually in isolation from the rest of the booklet if needed.

This powerpoint is meant to be an introduction to the style of Tango with audio examples, key features of the style and labelled guides with chord diagrams and suggested bass parts to create a full Tango piece. The powerpoint also contains a finger labelling and a full guide to the chord progression. For lesson there is a starter task with info comparing Tango, Disco and Waltz style dance music and a more in depth look at the features of Tango on the following slide.

This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around the Gotye song “Somebody that I used to know”. It introduces the ideas of chords, melody playing, ear training, working in pairs and playing with both hands together. There are also starters and plenaries to get students thinking about the wider influence of the work they are doing in your lessons. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around the CeeLo Green song “Forget You”. It introduces the ideas of chords, melody playing, ear training, working in pairs and playing with both hands together. There is work based around the pentatonic nature of the melody, ideas on how to develop extended chord vamps and a section focusing on the rhythm section so you can develop this in to full class performances. Each lesson has starter and plenary questions which can be used as exit slips for checking students learning. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.

This series of posters sets out the key terms used with each musical element and show visual representations of their meaning to work as an aid in a classroom or as a revision guide. Each poster is colour coded and shows the features of each element to be used as prompts for answering questions, a quick reference for the classroom or as a way of embedding knowledge for students. These will enable deeper questions to be posed without relying on clarifying each element first for students who may struggle to remember each elements meaning and key terminology.

This Powerpoint contains enough work to fill a terms worth of lessons based around music for dance including Tango, Waltz and Disco. It introduces the ideas of time signatures, chords and melodies working together, how music can pair with movement along with the relevant context for the style of dance. It is a great resource to use for an entire term or to dip in to for starter tasks and well designed single sheets to take to away to instruments or stick in books.