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Mike is a musician and ex-Head of Department with more than twenty years experience in the Secondary school classroom and middle-leadership, specialising in performance, composition and research. An accomplished performer himself (Woodwind) and celebrated Musical Director and Conductor, Mike is able to draw upon his continued professional practice in creating and sharing his resources.

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Mike is a musician and ex-Head of Department with more than twenty years experience in the Secondary school classroom and middle-leadership, specialising in performance, composition and research. An accomplished performer himself (Woodwind) and celebrated Musical Director and Conductor, Mike is able to draw upon his continued professional practice in creating and sharing his resources.
COMPOSING MUSIC with 'MUSICUBE'
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COMPOSING MUSIC with 'MUSICUBE'

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A fun and handy resource to begin composing music! Stuck for how to start composing a piece of music? Use MusiCube to create your own game; design each face with rhythmic values, pitches, performance directions and more, set the rules and begin writing! Great for complete beginners or even as an approach to demonstrate aleatory / chance music composing methods - an accessible tool your students can take ownership of and pride in! (Includes printable PDF and editable Word.doc)
CHORDS & MELODY IN C - "Heart & Soul" (Easy)
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CHORDS & MELODY IN C - "Heart & Soul" (Easy)

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Begin teaching CHORDS with this handy keyboard resource - a must for any beginner! Featuring the melody of "Heart & Soul" in the memorable scene from 'BIG' (Tom Hanks), The Apple iPad Mini commercial, and now "Play That Song" (Train) . Teach your students the I-VI-IV-V pattern in C so they can get creating! I have differentiated / scaffolded this by introducing the pattern in more complex keys and even improvising over the chord sequence. Includes original 2 x sides Word.doc (can be edited) and photocopiable PDF
NEW! MUSIC THEORY - BACK TO BASICS
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NEW! MUSIC THEORY - BACK TO BASICS

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A great value collection of resources to begin / re-cap some fundamental approaches to the theory of Music NOTES OF THE STAVE and an introduction to KEY-SIGNATURES. Includes an editable starter (requires Sibelius 7 or later) and “DRAGGEM” exercise with teacher’s answer sheet, NOTES OF THE STAVE flash cards and editable Sibelius file AND a WORD CREATOR exercise with examples! A must have for your students!
THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC - BACK TO BASICS!
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THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC - BACK TO BASICS!

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EIther teaching the ELEMENTS OF MUSIC for the first time or as a handy refresher, this kit will help your students develop their vocabulary and subject knowledge in no time. Key words display Poem (homework sheet / quick quiz) **Card sort exercise (all cards are the same size!) ** **Crossword/wordsearch starter/settler/extension activity ** (Includes all files as printable PDFs and editable Word.docs)
END OF UNIT TEST #5 - "DEFYING GRAVITY" - SCHWARTZ
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END OF UNIT TEST #5 - "DEFYING GRAVITY" - SCHWARTZ

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A brilliant resource to give your students the experience to practice a specifically tailored exam-style question in preparation for the the Edexcel 9-1 exam. Features three listening questions including an unfamiliar listening question, “Defying Gravity” from the musical ‘Wicked’ by Schwartz and a rhythm & melody dictation question, as well as a KEY WORDS / VOCABULARY question to link to the extended writing question! Includes: Question paper, teacher’s mark scheme, YouTube links* to suggested recordings and an mp3 for question 3 *An mp3 of all recordings has not been included for copyright reasons *
END OF UNIT TEST #2 - "PIANO SONATA C MINOR " - BEETHOVEN
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END OF UNIT TEST #2 - "PIANO SONATA C MINOR " - BEETHOVEN

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A brilliant resource to give your students the experience to practice a specifically tailored exam-style question in preparation for the the Edexcel 9-1 exam. Features three listening questions including an unfamiliar listening question, Piano Sonata Op. 13 No. 8 in C minor by Beethoven and a rhythm & melody dictation question, as well as a KEY WORDS / VOCABULARY question to link to the extended writing question! Includes: Question paper, teacher’s mark scheme, YouTube links* to suggested recordings and an mp3 for question 3 *An mp3 of all recordings has not been included for copyright reasons *
END OF UNIT TEST #6 - "MAIN TITLE from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE" - WILLIAMS
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END OF UNIT TEST #6 - "MAIN TITLE from STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE" - WILLIAMS

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A brilliant resource to give your students the experience to practice a specifically tailored exam-style question in preparation for the the Edexcel 9-1 exam. Features three listening questions including an unfamiliar listening question, “Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner” from the film ‘Star Wars Episode IV - A nEw Hope’ by Williams and a rhythm & melody dictation question, as well as a KEY WORDS / VOCABULARY question to link to the extended writing question! Includes: Question paper, teacher’s mark scheme, YouTube links* to suggested recordings and an mp3 for question 3 *An mp3 of all recordings has not been included for copyright reasons *