This sheet is to be used alongside the Aural Help sheet for Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8. It provides a useful chart showing the features of each style and period, as well as suggested composers, as is required in the aural part of an ABRSM music examination. It would also be useful for use in the music classroom, in particular those studying for GCSE, As Level and A Level music.
Harmony, Form and Structure
The GCSE Music Specification includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t covered by many of the styles of music studied.
Many students struggle with recognising musical elements, especially cadences, chord inversions, and other elements of harmony, form and structure, so this resource comprises 17 short extracts of music, five of which have skeleton scores, as in the exam.
Each extract has four questions attached, covering all the terms associated with Harmony, Form and Structure:
HARMONY
Primary chords
Secondary chords
Inversion
Diatonic
Tonic
Subdominant
Dominant (7th)
Perfect cadence
Imperfect cadence
Plagal cadence
Interrupted cadence
Chord progression/chord
sequence
Harmonic rhythm
Drone
Pedal
Dissonance
Power chords
FORM AND STRUCTURE
Binary
Ternary
Rondo
Minuet and Trio
Repetition
Contrast
Theme and variations
Strophic
32 bar song form/AABA
12 bar Blues
Call and response
Ostinato
Bridge
Break
Loop
Improvisation
Verse
Chorus
Middle 8
Fill
Introduction
Outro
Coda
Riff
Regular phrasing
Irregular phrasing
The extracts cover a wide range of music, featuring the likes of Joan Jett, Mahler, Primus, Jimmy Rushing, Mel Tormé, Carly Simon, Henry Mancini, Katrina & the Waves, and Blu Cantrell.
The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 38’20”.
The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the PDF question paper and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely.
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Musical Styles – Tonality – Tempo – Rhythm – Dynamics
The GCSE Music Specification includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t covered by many of the styles of music studied.
Many students struggle with recognising musical elements on a printed score, so this resource comprises 20 short extracts of music, 17 of which have skeleton scores, as in the exam.
Each extract has four questions attached, covering the terms associated with:
Musical Styles
Tonality
Tempo
Rhythm
Dynamics
The extracts cover a wide range of music, featuring music from the likes of Abba, Count Basie, Anthrax, Tupac, Berlioz, Whitney Houston, Al Green, JS Bach, Pluto Shervington, Sting, and Dame Judi Dench!
The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 37’, either as one file or 20 separate files: perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework.
The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the PDF question paper and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely.
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AN END-OF-UNIT PRACTICE PAPER, COMPRESSED INTO ONE LESSON
A quick (53’) exam-practice sample assessment containing 20 separate pieces of music, that can be done within one (60’) lesson.
This paper focuses on Area of Study 1: Musical Forms and Devices, and includes essays, dictation and comparisons.
20 separate extracts of music covering all topics within Area of Study 1
5 Questions on JS Bach’s Badinerie
5 Questions on Baroque Music
5 Questions on Classical Music
5 Questions on Romantic Music
Questions include:
3 Dictation questions
3 Comparison questions
3 Essay questions (1 x Baroque, 1 x Classical, 1 x Romantic)
Each question is worth five marks, rather than the usual 12, and contains shorter extracts, each played twice.
This is perfect as an end-of-unit assessment, to give students practice at exam questions, but testing them on just one Area of Study.
This TES bundle includes:
PDF of all 20 Questions and Mark Scheme
PDF of just the 20 Questions (in case you need to set these remotely)
PDF of just the Mark Scheme (ditto)
Information about accessing the audio
Extracts include music by Haydn, Fauré, Vivaldi, Berlioz, Stamitz, Dvorak and Ditters von Dittersdorf.
This would also work well for Year 10s, as an introduction to exam-style questioning.
A full, free, audio file is available from the author.
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Music Styles Word Search
The word search contains the different music styles throughout time! An answer sheet is included.
PRINTABLE FORMAT. Print and hand it out.
What’s included in this resource:
The word search contains the names of 30 different styles/genres of music.
ALSO INCLUDED: An answer key is included in the download!
The puzzle can be used as part of a sub lesson or as a springboard activity into a unit on the Music genres.
A content packed, valuable resource that is complete and ready to go!
Suitable for: Years 7-11
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A Scheme of Work, including 10 Powerpoint lessons on different aspects of Musical Theatre. The lessons include starter, main lesson and plenary activities and a mix of theory and practical tasks.
Lesson 1 - Intro
Lesson 2 - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Lesson 3 - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lesson 4 - Stephen Schwartz
Lesson 5 - Dance and Acting Warmups
Lesson 6 - Singing Warmups
Lesson 7 - Singing Musical Theatre
Lesson 8 - Acting the Song
Lesson 9 - Dancing and Movement
Lesson 10 - Characterisation in Musicals
I would recommend the lessons for Ks3, an introduction to BTEC Performing Arts or any Musical Theatre Area of Study.
These are all of the Musical Terms for each Musical Element presented by Eduqas in the Music GCSE Revision book. This PDF can be used as a teaching resource, revision or as a display. The key terms are listed under each Musical Element to further the knowledge of the students to meet the requirements of the course.
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!
This sheet contains key information for Guitar, Bass, Piano/Keyboard, and Drums. Along with common chords and scales it shows common chord progressions including a 12 bar blues in A.
Guitar chords, Bass Line Patterns, Piano/Keyboard Chords, Drum Beat Patterns, Worsheet, Poster.
A display resource for Eduqas GCSE Music including posters on: Aos 1, 2, 3, 4 and the two set works (Bach’s Badinerie & Toto’s Africa). All information is taken from Eduqas resources.
This is a six lesson unit which focuses on the history, culture and traditional instruments from various countries and continents around the world including:
China
Africa
Middle East
India
Latin America
Simple ideas to create a rondo form story about Vivaldi’s Spring 1 and then create music for this story.
For general teachers and music teachers in elementary schools.
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!
Cover the history of Rap music all within this poster! Perfect for a music classroom or music display, these posters are part of our ‘All about genres’ series.
This is a fun revision resource to consolidate all subject content from Eduqas GCSE Music.
The quiz features 5 rounds of 20 multiple-choice questions which range from very easy to relatively difficult:
AoS1: Musical Forms and Devices
AoS2: Music for Ensemble
AoS3: Film Music
AoS4: Popular Music
Answers are highlighted in green immediately after the questions. Can be done in teams or individually. Aiming to be a bit of light relief to the students who have been revising hard!
Christmas Music whole class escape room. No printing required! Just project the Powerpoint and off you go. Built in timers, Video clips and answer reveals after every slide. This is an educational fun immersive ‘Escape room’ experience.
Have the students compete individually, in teams or as a whole class the choice is yours! This resource is a great team-building activity to keep your students engaged during the last few days (or week) leading up to the end of term.
There are seven different challenging puzzles and you have the choice of setting the timer at easy, medium or high difficult level for each escape. Students will complete a variety of tasks using different skills including: problem-solving, critical thinking, reading comprehension, literacy challenges and some clever deduction to work out who has stolen the presents this Christmas.
The puzzles, bonus questions and challenges are a fun way to assess a topic or subject area. This resource covers a variety of different elements including: vocabulary, key terms. key themes, general subject knowledge, literacy and much more…
** Music Escape Room is fully editable and takes less than 1 Minute to set up.**
** Music Escape Room Contents**
☞ Interactive 26 slide Powerpoint Escape Room Challenge
☞ Optional Escape Certificates
☞ Optional Team Sheet (Print it or use scrap paper instead)
Common FAQ’s
★Group sizes: 1-30 students per team - (Participants up to 180)
★Time: Approximately 50-60 minutes (Provide hints along the way if time is a factor!)
★Materials: Aside from Powerpoint - all students need is a pen / pencil.
How to run this Music escape Challenge
This escape room can be done without any printing we have however still included a team sheet (Slide 2) should you wish to use it, if not plain paper will more than suffice.
The escape room is story driven by a YouTube video which is split into 9 sections.
Introduction - Puzzle 1 – Puzzle 2 - Puzzle 3 – Puzzle 4 – Puzzle 5 – Puzzle 6 – Puzzle 7 - Success
At various points you will be instructed to pause the video at these points you can go to the next slide in the presentation.
Each video section (excluding Introduction and Success) will be followed by a puzzle.
Every puzzle has three built in timers in the lower right hand corner to put the teams on a time limit of your choice if you so wish.
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An A4 sheet of key features of styles of music - cut the sheet up and have pupils put them together. Can be used either as a starter or as a revision part of a lesson. You can edit/add/delete features to tailor it to your class.
This resources was originally designed to go with my Music Through Time SOW, but can be adapted for any music history work. It is a fun variation on matched pairs, where students work to build the pyramid of answers.
Cover the history of country music all within this poster! Perfect for a music classroom or music display, these posters are part of our ‘All about genres’ series.