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.

These are graphic score bingo cards complete with audio recordings ( MP3s). There are 16 unique bingo cards (1 per page in a PDF document). Each bingo card has 16 small graphic scores on it and the pack comes with 16 audio recordings of the music featured on the cards. This is a great activity for KS3 and KS4 classes and work particularity well when teaching students about notation or the musical elements. Useful as as a starter or plenary activity or even as a starting point for a whole lesson. Simply print off the bingo cards, hand out to students (I get students to work in pairs), select the audio files at random and let the students work out which graphic score best fits what they are hearing. Make your own rules for bingo or have students come up with their own. Simply laminate them to use them time and time again. Update May 2018 Issues with audio 7 and 8 have been fixed allowing players to get a full house. Update August 2017 The pack now comes with an additional pack of 16 bingo cards which have four of the shapes removed on each card. This means students have to work out if they actually have the shape on their card before they can mark them off, rather than assuming that what they hear will automatically be on their card. These cards can be played alongside the original game and is a good way to stretch more able students. You can also use the cards as a performing activity before hearing the audio files. Ask students to try and work out what the graphic scores will sound like using their voice or an instrument. As a composing activity, there is a blank card that you can get students to compose their own ideas and create their own graphic scores for. Any feedback would be greatly received. Let me know how you got on with it and I welcome any suggestions for improvements.

These are Rhythm Bingo Cards using 2 bar rhythms of crotchets, minims and semibreves in 4/4 time. It includes the Mp3 files of the rhythms. I use these with My KS3 classes but could be used with KS2 or KS4. They go great with any topics where you are dealing with rhythm or rhythm reading. Great for a starter or plenary activity. There are 16 unique bingo cards (2 on each side of paper) on the PDF document. Each bingo card has 12 rhythms. You can laminate them to use them over and over again. I’ve also included a blank word document template so you or your students can create your own. Just select a rhythm and clap/play it and let your students work out which one you’ve clapped. You can even let a student lead the activity and decide which rhythms to use. Make your own rules to make it as easy or difficult as you want. Any feedback would be greatly received. Let me know how you got on with it and I welcome any suggestions for improvements.

Here are 20 melodic and 20 rhythmic dictation questions complete with audio. Designed to help students with the dictation parts of the GCSE Music exams. The questions progress in difficulty and come in a range of keys, tempos and timbres. Answers are included.

There are 7 different activities in this Music Card Sort pack. Simply print them off, cut them out and use them as starters, plenaries or to just vary the activities that students do in lessons. These are excellent for group work but can also be used on an individual basis. Simply laminate them to make them last. The topics included are: 1. Dynamics (2 pages) 2. Tempo and Metre 3. Musical Elements 4. Instruments (Orchestral) 5. Rhythm 6. Pitch (treble clef lines and spaces) 7. Pitch (bass clef lines and spaces)

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 is the more difficult version of the original Rhythm Bingo. This game uses rhythms based on semibreves, minims, crotchets, quavers, semiquavers, dotted rhythms, triplets and rest. Take a look at the preview for a sample of the rhythms. This is aimed primarily at GCSE students but could be used at KS3 or KS5. Useful as as a starter or plenary activity or even as a starting point for a whole lesson. There are 16 unique bingo cards (1 per page in a PDF document). Each bingo card has 16 different rhythms on it and the pack includes 16 audio recordings of the rhythms featured on the cards. Each track corresponds to the numbers on the bingo cards and has a four beat intro before the rhythm plays. Simply print off the bingo cards, hand out to students (I get students to work in pairs), select the audio files at random and let the students work out which rhythm fits what they are hearing. Make your own rules for bingo or have students come up with their own. Simply laminate them to use them time and time again. You can also use the cards as a performing activity before hearing the audio files. Ask students to try and work out what the rhythms are before they hear them. As a composing activity, there is a blank card that you can get students to compose their own rhythms in the blank bingo card in the pack. Any feedback would be greatly received. Let me know how you got on with it and I welcome any suggestions for improvements.

This is a pack of worksheets to be used as part of a Blues scheme of work at KS3 or KS4. The contents include: 1. Improvising using the Blues Scale 2. The Blues scale for transposing instruments and guitar tab 3. The 12 Bar Blues structure for keyboard/piano 4. The 12 Bar blues for guitar and Uke 5. The Walking Bass for piano and bass guitar tab 6. Writing your own blues lyrics (also suitable as a cover lesson) 7. 12 Bar Blues composition worksheet Great for getting students to learn how to play the blues and getting students to form their own bands and ensembles.

These are Interval Bingo cards complete with audio recordings. This is a great ear training activity for GCSE and Post 16 Music students. I print these off and get students to work in pairs. Make your own rules to play. Simply laminate the cards to make them last. The pack comes with 2 sets of 16 unique bingo cards and 12 audio files. The two sets come as a ‘more difficult’ and ‘easy’ version of the game. The ‘more’ difficult version has 12 intervals and the ‘easy’ version has 9 of the easier intervals to identify. The two sets can be played on their own or they can be used together at the same time to differentiate for your students. Simply use the track list to know which tracks to play for the right game. You can make the activity easier or more difficult by allowing more or less playings of each recording. The intervals covered in this game are: Minor 2nd Major 2nd Minor 3rd Major 3rd Perfect 4th Perfect 5th Minor 6th Major 6th Minor 7th Major 7th Octave Any feedback would be greatly received. Let me know how you got on with it and I welcome any suggestions for improvements.

This is a resource to help students find the correct notes on a piano or keyboard that uses full size keys. On the reverse, it has a guide to basic treble and bass clef notes as well as basic rhythm values . Suitable for students of any age. This resources is for printing on A3 paper size. Ensure that your PDF reader is set to ‘Choose paper source by PDF page size’ to get the correct page size and dimensions. Simply print off the PDF document, cut out, place on the keys to give you a guide to the note names of the keys. Simply laminate them to make them last. Fed up with students writing all over your keyboards? Try the Notefinder!

These are Chord Progression Bingo Cards complete with audio for Music lessons. The pack comes with 16 unique bingo cards, 16 audio files and a blank template card. This is a great ear training activity particularly for KS4 and KS5 classes when students are learning about chords, chord progressions and cadences. Each chord progression has a pattern of 5 chords based around chord I (C major), chord IV (F Major) and Chord V (G Major). Each chord progression starts with chord I to give students a reference point. You can make the activity easier or more difficult by allowing more or less playings of each recording. I print these off and get students to work in pairs. Play the chord progression audio clips at random and students have to work out which chord progression is being played. Make your own rules to play. Simply laminate the cards to make them last. You can make the activity easier or more difficult by allowing more or less playings of each recording. As a performance activity you can get students to perform the music before they hear it and students can compose their own bingo card with the blank template in the pack. Any feedback would be greatly received. Let me know how you got on with it and I welcome any suggestions for improvements.

These are Pitch Bingo cards complete with audio recordings. The pack comes with 16 unique bingo cards and 16 audio files. This is a great ear training activity for KS3 and KS4 classes. I print these off and get students to work in pairs. Play the 5 note audio clips at random and students have to work out the pattern of notes (based around the notes C, E and G). Make your own rules to play. Simply laminate the cards to make them last. You can make the activity easier or more difficult by allowing more or less playings of each recording. As a performance activity you can get students to sing the music before they hear it and students can compose their own bingo card with the blank template in the pack. Any feedback would be greatly received. Let me know how you got on with it and I welcome any suggestions for improvements.

This is a resource to help students find the correct notes on a piano or keyboard that uses full size keys. It also has a guide to basic treble and bass clef notes on the reverse. Suitable for students of any age. Simply print off the PDF document, cut out, place on the keys to give you a guide to the note names of the keys. Simply laminate them to make them last. Fed up with students writing all over your keyboards? Try the Notefinder!

These are Music Tech FX Bingo cards complete with audio recordings. There are 15 unique bingo cards (1 per page in a PDF document). Each bingo card has 12 music technology FX terms on it and the pack comes with 12 audio recordings of the FX featured on the cards. The audio recordings are of a live trumpet. This is a great activity for KS4 and KS5 classes and work particularity well when teaching students about music technology. Initially developed for use with GCSE Music classes but also handy for Music & Music Tech students at KS5. Use as as a starter or plenary activity or even as a starting point for a whole lesson. Simply print off the bingo cards, hand out to students (I get students to work in pairs), select the audio files at random and let the students work out which FX they are hearing. You can make the task easier by playing the ‘clean’ version of the audio first as a baseline. Make your own rules for bingo or have students come up with their own. Simply laminate them to use them time and time again. Any feedback would be greatly received. Let me know how you got on with it and I welcome any suggestions for improvements.

This is pack of differentiated music related Sudoku activities. Instead of using numbers the puzzles use music symbols related to rhythm. The musical symbols covered are: breves, semibreves, minims, crotchets, quavers, semiquavers and rests. There are 18 puzzles in this resource which are split into three levels of difficulty: 1. Easy 4x4 grid 2. Medium 6x6 grid 3. Hard 9x9 grid This activity is particularly useful when building cross-curricular links between Music and Maths. The solutions are included as part of this resource.

This is a resource to help students find the correct notes on a piano or keyboard that uses full size keys. It also has a guide to notes of the C Major Scale on the reverse, colour coded to the front. This is effective as a differentiation device, particularly helping visual learners. Simply print off the PDF document, cut out, place on the keys to give you a guide to the note names of the keys. Simply laminate them to make them last.

Rhyhtm Builder activity This is an activity designed for KS3 but could also be used for students in KS2 and at GCSE level. Simply print off the templates and cut out the rhythms to give students an easy way to compose rhythms in 2,3,4 and 5 time. The rhythm shapes are set so students should be able to compose accurate rhythms simply by making sure each line is filled with out any overlapping of the shapes. Great for getting students composing rhythms.

This is a student's step by step guide to composing in ternary form. It can be used with classes or as an independent study guide for students. This workbook also includes notation basics to help students with the theory of composing using notation. I initially wrote this booklet to help with students at GCSE level who were struggling to get started with composition. However, it could be useful for more able students at Key Stage 3. The 15 page workbook contents: Notation basics – Pitch Notation basics – Rhythm What is Ternary Form? Composing the A Section Composing your own A Section Composing the B Section Composing your own B Section Chords Adding chords to your melody Cadences The return of the A Section Extending your piece further