Originally designed for Edexcel A Level but suitable for all boards and all composition work. Suggested prompts to help with teacher feedback for composition, or could conceivably be used for peer feedback too.

Used for students to keep track of each session including capture details, equipment, issues and takes. Allows students to compile information in preparation for completion of the logbook.

Some prompts for describing capture details when students are completing their logbook work.

Simple guided composition (suitable for a very early introductory exercise for students who may not have approached composition before) for a short ternary melody with peer review activity.

Full breakdown of content as a PDF and editable Word document for each Area of Study on the 2017 specification. Useful to plan out schemes of work and identify appropriate resources / curriculum planning. This covers practical and theoretical content across all four A Level components - Component 1; Recording, Component 2; Composition, Component 3; Listening and Analysing, Component 4; Analysing and Producing.

This checklist considers strategies students and teachers can use to improve their composition work. It uses simple musical terminology to encourage students to extend their writing, and thus enables teachers to use this as a partial assessment framework. Whilst it would not be advisable to use this as a sole resource as to assess student compositions, it does enable a framework to be put in place where students' work is extended and they can build independent learning skills by going through this process using self or peer assessment by which to consolidate their understanding of the principles and processes. A brief explanatory PowerPoint and reflection sheet is included to help students reflect on the processes discussed and how they could be applied and put in place.

Ideas sheet to give students a starting point for creating lyrics. Uses 'A Day In The Life' as an example and includes brief information on the 'cut up' and 'fold in' methods used by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

Poster to encourage students to rehearse quieter! Useful for display in practice rooms in Music departments.

Assessment grid from specification along with mark sheet to record comments; print onto folded A3 paper.

Lesson on identifying intervals using a chart of semitones and advice on counting scale steps. Written for AS Music students originally.

Class performance activity for Pachelbel's Canon in D with modern pop song lyrics that fit over the chord progression. Used as a recap for Ground Bass but would also fit with introducing circles of fifths and harmonic progressions.

A simple guide to help students follow the process to create a WAV or MP3 mixdown from their Logic Pro projects, ensuring that they don't make the common errors that often occur.

A simple guide to microphones for AS/A2 Music Technology, discussing dynamic/condenser, pickup patterns and mic characteristics. Suitable for A2 exam revision or as preparation for AS/A2 recording sessions.

A one page guide to synthesis covering modular synthesis / analogue & digital / polyphony / LFOs / envelopes. Intended as a revision summary or starting point for A2 study but also applicable for AS students.

Preparation for A2 Music Technology Unit 4 - key facts to do with tape delay, a diagram to label, an example of a tape delay unit along with key terminology to reinforce student understanding.

Introductory assignment for AS Music Tech students to prepare them for using Logic Pro for their coursework, in the style of a driving test.

Single page guide to exam terminology for AS Music Technology. Includes pickup patterns, exam terminology, synth modules, compression, distortion, filtering and phase. I use this as the front page for workbooks for sixth form Music Technology.

Useful recap of GCSE Science content for students progressing onto Music Technology. Discussion of frequency/amplitude/phase/harmonics in simple terms as preparation for AS or as revision for the A2 examination.

This sheet is designed to be used as a directed listening log after each week's lesson that the student can use to list influences in preparation for the logbook activity and to help inform composing work.

Simple grid to help analyse set works in terms of exam elements.