Ideal for Year 8 class - activities include: Origins/basic info/musical featuers quiz on Samba Example Youtube video of what Samba looks/sounds like What Samba instruments look like Learning basic rhythms and some specific Samba rhythms Create Samba composition using an edited Samba structure Plenary: name as many instruments from the pictures This has been edited from a resource that's already on TES so it&'s not an original resource. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

A useful start for Year 8 (and even Year 7) pupils into Baroque music. The task is a comprehension with the document - students answer questions based on picking out information from within the comprehension. Pupils then summarise information from the questions to come up with 5 most important points about the Baroque era. This is a document I'd re-worded from Wikipedia, adding and omitting bits where I saw fit. There are all kinds of things that can be added on such as more about instrument inventions, more composers, pieces of music etc. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

Wordsearch made up of key terms associated with Baroque music. Useful as a starter to get pupils familiar with words linked to Baroque music.

These are designed for students to practise (either on Sibelius or by hand) making chords such as; Major chords Minor chords Augmented chords Cadences Dominant 7ths Neapolitan 6ths Extended Any feedback on these would be much appreciated. I’ve uploaded both the pdfs and the Sibelius files. More resources available on my page.

A useful start for Year 8 and 9 pupils into Romantic music. The task is a comprehension with the document - students answer questions based on picking out information from within the comprehension. Pupils then summarise information from the questions to come up with 5 most important points about the Romantic era. This is a document I'd re-worded from Wikipedia, adding and omitting bits where I saw fit. There are all kinds of things that can be added on such as more about instrument inventions, more composers, pieces of music etc. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

A mix of Indian Music activities - the instrument pictures can be used as a puzzle, cut them up and students stick back together. Students can work out instrument by descriptor and the final document is useful to differentiate between elements of each performance such as instruments/rag used. Any feedback would be gratefully received!

Posters designed to help students scaffold their answers to questions. Posters include; Q11: Melodic dictation Q7/12: Score reading Q14: Essay Command words and their definitions Types of chords (3x pages ranging from major chords to quartal harmony More resources available on my page. Any feedback would be most welcome, thank you.

This is collection of starter/homework/practice questions for Debussy’s Nuages. Topics of questions include recognition of; chords musical devices cadences intervals This pack includes; 9x sets of Questions (including scanned pages of the score) 9x sets of mark schemes

A useful start for Year 8 (and even Year 7) pupils into Classical music. The task is a comprehension with the document - students answer questions based on picking out information from within the comprehension. Pupils then summarise information from the questions to come up with 5 most important points about the Classical era. This is a document I'd re-worded from Wikipedia, adding and omitting bits where I saw fit. There are all kinds of things that can be added on such as more about instrument inventions, more composers, pieces of music etc. Any feedback would be great, thanks!

A step by step guide of how to compose in the different styles of music. I have used only the following: Minimalism, African, Baroque/Classical/Romantic and Pop. Includes ways to get top marks for structure, developing an idea, exploitation of the medium as well as snippets of example scores. This is based on the previous Edexcel specification. It's a working document so far from finished but feedback would be great, thanks!

This is collection of starter/homework/practice questions for Poulenc’s Trio. Topics of questions include recognition of; chords musical devices cadences intervals This pack includes; 6x sets of Questions (including scanned pages of the score) 6x sets of mark schemes

This is collection of starter/homework/practice questions for Poulenc’s Trio. Topics of questions include recognition of; chords musical devices cadences intervals This pack includes; 6x sets of Questions (including scanned pages of the score) 6x sets of mark schemes

This is collection of starter/homework/practice questions for Haydn 104.2. Topics of questions include recognition of; chords musical devices cadences intervals performance techniques This pack includes; 7x sets of Questions (including a page of the score) 7x sets of mark schemes Haydn 104.1, 104.2, 104.3 and 1 set of 104.4 questions also available. Note: for chord recognition questions, I have used the timpani as more of a harmony filler rather than an instrument that dictates the root/inversion of a chord.

5x sets of questions, mark schemes and audio files for practice of Question 1 (Rock and Pop) of the Eduqas Music A Level exam. The files are Word documents so you can edit and tweak them. Any feedback would be much appreciated, thank you. I’ve added, and will continue to add, more Eduqas listening resources.

This is collection of starter/homework/practice questions for Haydn 104.4. Topics of questions include recognition of; chords musical devices cadences intervals performance techniques This pack includes; 9x sets of Questions (including a page of the score) 9x sets of mark schemes Haydn 104.1, 104.2 and 104.3 questions also available. Note: for chord recognition questions, I have used the timpani as more of a harmony filler rather than an instrument that dictates the root/inversion of a chord.

This is collection of starter/homework/practice questions for Haydn 104.1. Topics of questions include recognition of; chords musical devices cadences intervals performance techniques This pack includes; 9x sets of Questions (including a page of the score) 9x sets of mark schemes Haydn 104.2, 104.3 and 1 set of 104.4 questions also available. Note: for chord recognition questions, I have used the timpani as more of a harmony filler rather than an instrument that dictates the root/inversion of a chord.

This is collection of starter/homework/practice questions for Haydn 104.3. Topics of questions include recognition of; chords musical devices cadences intervals performance techniques This pack includes; 5x sets of Questions (including a page of the score) 5x sets of mark schemes Haydn 104.1 and 104.2 questions also available. Note: for chord recognition questions, I have used the timpani as more of a harmony filler rather than an instrument that dictates the root/inversion of a chord.

3x sets of listening questions, mark schemes and audio files for Question 11 of the Area of Study A: Development of the Symphony from 1750-1900. Any feedback would be great, thanks. Have a look at my page for further Eduqas Music A Level resources.

Unfamiliar listening questions for Music A Level including questions, mark schemes and audio files with the announcements and timings built into the audio file. Any feedback on these would be most appreciated, thank you.

3x sets of listening questions, mark schemes and audio files for Question 2 practice.

This is an annotated .pdf of the .sib file (both attached) to help students understand how Minimalism compositions are constructed - texturally, melodically, harmonically and structurally, economy of ideas, exploitation of the medium - and being able to see key terms and to be able to learn them musically and not just a definition from a textbook! Any feedback would be gratefully received, thanks!