Five short opening phrase exercises exploring aspects of contrary motion in the outside parts, opportunities for melodic bass lines and voice leading in both major and minor keys, followed by test 4.

A level music harmony exercises. 4 part harmony. Bach chorales. SATB harmony. Pearson Edexcel.

A level music harmony exercises | Music Department Resources

Four-part harmony exercise 28 and test 4

Four examples and five exercises in anacrustic opening phrases, exploring stylistic chord choices, melodic bass lines, and revision of a few favourite stock patterns.

Four-part harmony exercise 27

A pack of resources made up of a formative 'Assessment Ladder' to accompany performing, arranging, improvising and composing tasks, and a 30 minute summative ‘Listening and Appraising’ test featuring a short vocab quiz, two single-extract questions and one comparison question with embedded audio, listening test answers.

KS3 assessment, formative assessment, summative assessment, KS3 listening tests

KS3 Listening and Appraising test

Assessment materials to accompany year 7 term 3 'Reggae'

Assessment materials to accompany year 8 term 1 'Ode to Joy'

Assessment materials to accompany year 8 term 2 'The Blues'

Measuring musical attainment and progress at KS3. How do you know when students are making musical progress, rather than just going through the motions of completing tasks and collecting a bunch of marks?

The Formative Assessment Ladder system

Minor chorales and the partnership between the home key and its relative major. In minor chorales, there’s a really strong pull towards the relative major, so this example and exercise is all about the partnership between the home (minor) key, its relative major, and the relative major’s relatives.

Four-part harmony exercise 25

Opening phrases and making decisions about keys. The exercises in this resource remind students how important it is to consider how one phrase moves to the next, both in terms of part-writing and in the handling of the beautiful modulatory language of this genre. 

Four-part harmony exercise 26

Beautiful bass lines part 2. There are certain melodic shapes that are perfect for ‘set piece’ bass lines that move by step. In this example, the thing to look for is a repetition of the mediant on the downbeat that is quitted conjunctly.

Four-part harmony exercise 24

Beautiful bass lines part 1. This exercise features an example and exercise that illustrates how Bach sometimes harmonises adjacent chords with the same chord, in the same position, and disguises the repetition by walking between and away from the onbeats with AUX and UPNs.

Four-part harmony exercise 23

Assessment materials to accompany year 9 term 3 'EDM'

Assessment materials to accompany year 9 term 2 'Minimalism'

Assessment materials to accompany year 9 term 1 'Ground Bass'

Assessment materials to accompany year 8 term 3 'The Four Chord Trick'

Assessment materials to accompany year 7 term 2 'British Folk Music'

A 30 minute summative ‘Listening and Appraising’ test made up of a short vocab quiz, two single-extract questions and one comparison question with embedded audio, based on repertoire taken from or similar to this unit of work. Answers and printable student question sheets provided. 

Assessment materials to accompany year 7 term 1 'Building our Music Community'

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 2: Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on sonority and texture. Genres explored: sea shanty, folk ballad, folk custom song, carol, hymn, gospel, mass, motet, oratorio, cantata, opera, aria, recitative, chorus, chorale, lied, mélodie and secular choral music. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Explore teaching support materials designed for the Eduqas GCSE Music curriculum. Resources cover Forms & Devices, Ensemble, Film Music, and Popular Music/Fusions (AoS 1-4), aiding lesson delivery and exam preparation.

Eduqas GCSE Music: Teaching Support Materials for Areas of Study

Music for Ensemble - Folk song, sacred vocal, secular art song

GCSE Music OCR AOS 5: Teaching materials covering key aspects of Disco Pop, Pop Soul, Piano Ballads, Dance Pop, Synth and Electro Pop, Chamber Pop, Neo Soul and Indie Pop. Reverb, delay, EQ, and filter sweep, explained and illustrated in Electro Pop, EDM and Indie Pop. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Rehearsing and performing tasks include working out chord sequences featuring dominant 7ths, extensions, slash and sus chords. There's also idiomatic Pop writing tips for students composing songs as part of their coursework. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Access specialist teaching resources for OCR GCSE Music Areas of Study 2-5. Covers Concerto, Rhythms of the World, Film Music & Conventions of Pop, with practical tasks, listening & exam practice.

Specialist Resources for OCR GCSE Music Areas of Study

Conventions of Pop - Solo artists 1990+

Practice questions and aural training exercises to support melodic dictation, interval recognition, the identification of melodic devices, ornamentation, degrees of the scale, scale identification, describing melodic shapes and movement, distinguishing melodic lines from one another, and melodic comparison questions. 30 extracts in total, including 14 single line score questions.

GCSE music resources elements. DR SMITH. Teaching materials. Revision. Listening and appraising. Dynamics. Rhythm. Melody. Instruments. Timbre. Sonority. Texture.Tonality. Harmony. Structure. Vocabulary. Vocab. Form. AQA. OCR. Eduqas. Edexcel.

GCSE music resources elements | Music Department Resources

Elements - Melodic dictation, intervals, range, devices, degrees of the scale

40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on melodic recognition, timbre, rhythmic devices, playing techniques, texture, ensemble groupings, description of an accompaniment, voice types, tonality, key, metre, features typical of a period, comparison question.

Utilise structured tests focused on the Elements of Music for GCSE Listening and Appraising assessment. Designed for all major UK exam boards (AQA, OCR, Edexcel, Eduqas). Includes exam-style questions.

Listening & Appraising Tests: GCSE Music Elements

GCSE Listening And Appraising - Elements test 3

Tried and tested 60 minute cover lesson made up of embedded video clips, questions, answers and supporting material. Suitable for students with a secure foundation of music vocabulary.

Includes free KS3 Music cover lesson examples with materials for Years 7, 8 & 9. Suitable for non-specialist delivery

A comprehensive collection of KS3 Music Cover Lessons including free examples | Music Department Resources

KS3 Cover Lesson - Ode To Joy

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 2: Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on sonority and texture. Genres explored: the sonata, trio sonata, piano trio, string quartet, piano quintet, Romantic miniature, quintet, octet, nonet. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study. 

Music for Ensemble - Instrumental Art Music

Questions on texture, timbre, playing techniques, melodic dictation, rhythmic notation, dynamics, ornamentation, cadences, ensemble groups, comp devices, Classical genres and composers

GCSE music resources cover lessons. Non specialist. AQA. OCR. Eduqas. Edexcel. practice questions.

GCSE music resources cover lessons | Music Department Resources

GCSE Listening and Appraising - cover lesson 8

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 1: Thumbprints of style, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on rounded binary, sonata, scherzo, rondo, theme and variations and structural hybrids in context in context. Further aural training and practice questions featuring compositional devices and ornamentation. Examples of a range of genres, conventions and instruments of the Romantic period orchestra. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Musical Forms and Devices - The Romantic period

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 3: Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on timbre and dynamics. Exploration of how musical elements are used to enhance the visual, from silent movies to the 1960s spy thriller, hands-on micky-mousing exercise. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study. 

Film Music part 1

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 3: Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on timbre and dynamics. Exploration of how musical elements are used to enhance the visual, from the 1970s to the present day, thematic development composing exercise. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Film Music part 2

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 4: Exploration of Punjabi and British Bhangra, links to folk music, rhythmic characteristics of chaal, timbral fusions of synth, dhol, harmoniuim, tumbi and voice, with hands-on ensemble performing exercises. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Popular Music and Fusions - Bhangra

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 4: Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on harmony, structures, word setting, guitar playing techniques, riffs, hooks, idiomatic writing, plus hands-on ensemble performing exercises. Questions built around the following styles and genres: Rock & Roll, Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, Roots and Folk Rock, 60s and 70s Rock, Punk, Synth Rock and Stadium Rock. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Popular Music and Fusions - Rock and the legacy of Rock & Roll

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 4: Thumbprints of styles and genres, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on timbral combinations, development and use of synths, application of reverb, delay, EQ, FX found in Electrop Pop and EDM fusions, plus hands-on ensemble performing exercises. Questions built around the following styles and genres: Pop ballads, Synth Pop, Art Pop, New Wave, Neo-Soul, Brit Pop, Dance Pop, Cahmber Pop, Electro Pop, Disco Pop, Indie Pop, fusions of Pop with Reggae, Soul, Hiphop, Surp Pop, Folk Pop. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Popular Music and Fusions - Pop

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 1: Thumbprints of style, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on rounded binary, sonata, minuet and trio, rondo, theme and variation forms in context. Further aural training and practice questions featuring compositional devices and ornamentation. Examples of a range of genres, conventions and instruments of the Classical orchestra. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Musical Forms and Devices - The Classical period

Binary, rounded binary, sonata, ternary, rondo, ritornello, ground bass, variations, strophic forms and structures

Forms and structures

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 1: Thumbprints of style, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on binary, ternary, rondo, ground bass, variation, and strophic forms in context. Further aural training and practice questions featuring compositional devices and ornamentation. Examples of a range of genres, conventions and instruments of the Baroque orchestra. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Musical Forms and Devices - The Baroque period

GCSE Music OCR AOS 3: Teaching materials covering key aspects of Son, Samba, Calypso, Ska, Reggae and music for Steelpan. Thumbprints of each style explored in relation to the elements, alongside aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. A six-part ensemble task provides students with hands-on experience of the interlocking rhythic intricacies of Cuban Son, accompanied by a step by step guide to writing compositions inspired by both Son and Samba. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Rhythms of the World - Central and South America

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 2: Thumbprints of style, legacy and fusions, vocal and instrumental sonorities and playing techniques, ensemble groupings and roles within groups, aural training and analytical listening questions. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Music for Ensemble - The Blues and Jazz

GCSE Music Eduqas AOS 2: Thumbprints of style, aural training and analytical listening questions focusing on sonority and texture. Exam style questions to finish. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for further questions and to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the conventions associated with this Area of Study.

Music for Ensemble - Musical Theatre

Tried and tested 60 minute cover lesson made up of embedded video clips, questions, answers and supporting material. Suitable for well established groups with a decent amount of analytical listening experience.

KS3 Cover lesson - Riffs and Ostinati

GCSE Music OCR AOS 2: Teaching materials covering key aspects of the concerto and orchestra of the Romantic period. Features of the increasing fluidity of form and key relationships, role of the cadenza, texture, harmonic language and compositional explored in context. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. Rehearsing and performing tasks enable students to get hands-on experience connecting melody and harmony of the period. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of period and genre.

The concerto through time - The Romantic concerto

GCSE Music OCR AOS 5: Teaching materials covering key aspects of the musical styles and genres that influenced Rock & Roll, early guitar distortion, the timbres of the Rickenbacker, Les Paul and Fender Esquire, developments in technology. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Score questions focus on primary chord harmony, also suitable for ensemble performance work. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Conventions of Pop - Rock and Roll 1950s and 1960s

GCSE Music OCR AOS 5: Teaching materials covering key aspects of Rock Anthems, the hook and riff in context, idiomatic rock guitar playing techniques, power chords, drum fills and solos, plus the timbral worlds of the minimoog, Fender Rhodes and Fairlight CMI used in Synth Rock. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, melodic dictation, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Rehearsing and performing tasks include working with chord extensions, sus chords, slash chords and bass lines. There's also idiomatic Rock Anthem writing tips for students composing songs as part of their coursework. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Conventions of Pop - Rock Anthems 1970s to 1980s

40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on rhythmic devices, rhythm identification, note value recognition, location in bars, number of pitches in a melody, melodic dictation, melodic devices, melodic description, guitar techniques, timbre recognition, period and genre recognition, ornamentation, tonality, tempo in Italian.

GCSE Listening And Appraising - Elements test 2

A guide for non-specialist line managers and link governors

Six strategies for effective learning in Music

Various permutations of the circle of 5ths

Circle of 5ths

GCSE Music OCR AOS 3: Teaching materials covering key aspects of Greek, Palestinian and Israeli Folk Musics. Thumbprints of each style explored in relation to the elements, alongside aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Ensemble rehearsing and performing tasks provide students with hands-on experience of additive rhythms and Arabic rhythmic cycles. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Rhythms of the World - Eastern Mediterranean and Arabic Folk rhythms

Rosenshine’s 17 principles of effective instruction and Music Education

Rosenshine the Musician

Exam style practice questions suitable for homework and revision

This collection offers exam-style listening and appraising practice questions for GCSE Music students. Designed around common elements across major exam boards (AQA, OCR, Edexcel, Eduqas), they provide regular opportunities to develop analytical listening skills outside of lesson time. Suitable for homework, revision, or cover work, with separate student and teacher versions.

GCSE Music Listening and Appraising: Exam Practice Questions

GCSE Listening and Appraising - practice question 32

GCSE Music OCR AOS 3: Teaching materials covering key aspects of the roles, characteristics and timbres of the djembe, ashiko, tswreshi, dondo, dunun drum families, balafon and kora. Resources feature thumprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions and moderation exercises. Ensemble rehearsing and performing tasks provide students with hands-on experience of polyrhythm and cross-rhythm in context. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Rhythms of the World - Traditional African Drumming

GCSE Listening and Appraising - practice question 31

GCSE Listening and Appraising - practice question 30

GCSE Listening and Appraising - practice question 29

The use of unaccented passing notes (UPN), accented passing notes (APN), auxiliary notes (AUX), suspensions (9-8, 7-6, 4-3) and harmony notes, in generating quaver movement, creating beautiful bass lines, and dissonance.

Four-part harmony exercise 22

Exam style practice question, links to articles, performance footage and a wider listening playlist, to support and enrich essay writing for Unit 3 question 6

A level music set works research. A level music set works research. Practice questions. Pearson Edexcel.

A level music set works research | Music Department Resources

Herrmann 'Psycho'

Four examples of Bach's use of parallel 3rds, 6ths and 10ths, followed by test 3.

Four-part harmony exercise 21 and test 3

Stravinsky 'The Rite of Spring'

Eight examples of how Bach harmonises the material leading up to an imperfect cadence, followed by a two phrase exercise to try out a few patterns.

Four-part harmony exercise 20

Anoushka Shankar 'Breathing Under Water'

Unit 3 exam style practice question 5 with embedded video, and a playlist packed with pertinent 'wider listening' reference material

A level music wider listening. A level music wider listening. Practice questions. Pearson Edexcel.

A level music wider listening | Music Department Resources

Stravinsky - Question 5 and wider listening

40 minute test /50, suitable for all exam specifications comprising vocabulary questions (10 marks), three exam-style questions (40 marks), and a follow up review task to identify next steps. Questions on texture, rhythmic devices, phrasing, cadences, metre, pulse, timbre, tonality, texture, melodic recognition, melodic dictation, melodic description, comparison question.

GCSE Listening And Appraising - Elements test 1

Great progressions built from 2 or 3 chords. These exercises are to get students used to the idea that they’re going to find themselves with knotty problems that need unravelling, re-working and rethinking. It’s also to get them recognising that each phrase connects with the one before and after it. No phrase is an island. Horizontal thinking is just as important as vertical thinking. There's a lot to consider, even when you’re just using primary triads.

Four-part harmony exercise 19

Rooty progressions and same chord inversions. Three progressions that explore root chord progressions, adjacent root position chords and adjacent root and first inversions of the same chord.

Four-part harmony exercise 18

Courtney Pine - Question 5 and wider listening

Great double acts - V7d - Ib and friends. Because root V7 - root I is such a weighty partnership, it’s not a combination you want students using all over the place. The two chords have really strong bonds in certain inversion combinations too, and are endlessly useful for lightening mid-chorale cadences and for anacruses.

Four-part harmony exercise 17

VIIb and the 'passing 6/4'. In 'A level' harmony mark schemes, you commonly find the use of the passing 6/4 penalised, unless it is used leading up to a cadence like this: IVb - Ic - II7b - V - I. These exercises illustrate Bach's use of VIIb between root and first inversion chord I.

Four-part harmony exercise 16

Courtney Pine 'Back in the Day'

Four exercises to help students establish a handful of solutions when harmonising the chord before the approach chord.

Four-part harmony exercise 15

Unit 3 exam style practice question 5 with embedded video, a question 5 'writing recipe', and a playlist packed with pertinent 'wider listening' reference material

A level AOS 1 Vocal Music - Question 5 wider listening extra

Anoushka Shankar - Question 5 and wider listening

KS3 Cover lesson - Jazz

Debussy - Question 5 and wider listening

Unit 3 exam style practice question 5 with embedded video, and a playlist packed with pertinent 'wider listening' reference material3

Clara Schumann - Question 5 and wider listening

Elfman 'Batman Returns'

Saariaho - Question 5 and wider listening

GCSE Music OCR AOS 4: Examples of films where pre-existing Art Music has been woven into the soundtrack, a look at the difference between a film score and a soundtrack, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, J Strauss II, and Debussy. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the genre.

Film Music - Art Music in Film

A level music skeleton scores. Practice questions. Pearson Edexcel.

A level music skeleton scores | Music Department Resources

Stravinsky Skeleton Score

GCSE Music OCR AOS 4: Teaching materials covering key aspects of 1970s arcade games, chiptunes, a comparison of synthesised and acoustic timbre, approaches to melody and melodic writing, the importance of rhythm and the use of a range of compositional devices and cliches. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. The composing task provides hands-on experience of stylistic melodic writing. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the genre.

Film Music - Music for Gaming

KS3 Cover lesson - Disco to EDM

 Berlioz 'Symphonie Fantastique'

Tried and tested strategies for supporting students during the composing process, analytical listening and discussions around melodic development and transformation, reharmonising melodies when they return, limiting melodic range and allowing rhythm to do all the heavy lifting, simplifying melodic material to create the illusion of thematic development, making good use of sequence and inversion, using motor and cross rhythm to inject energy and provide direction, voicing and breaking up chords, the power of playlists, architectural overviews and ten 'easy wins' to lift the quality and cohesion of a composition without having to generate any new ideas.

Resources for GCSE Music composition. Melody writing, harmony, basslines, countermelodies, structure, ostinato and development techniques.

Comprehensive GCSE Music Composition Resources and Guides

Shaping a well crafted composition

GCSE Music AQA AOS 4: The legacy and folk influences found in the orchestral works of Bartok ()'Concerto for Orchestra', 'Romanian Folk Dances', 'Dance Suite', and 'Music for Piano, percussion and celesta'), and Kodaly ()'Concerto for Orchestra' and Hary Janos Suite'). This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training exploring aspects of melodic writing, harmonic language, tonality, structure, texture, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, metre, the use of sonority, 'listening and appraising' questions and exam style questions. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Access specialist teaching resources covering all Areas of Study (AoS 1-4) for the AQA GCSE Music specification. Includes listening, appraising, and exam practice materials.

AQA GCSE Music Teaching Resources for Areas of Study

The orchestral music of Bartok and Kodaly

A level AOS 6 New Directions - Question 5 wider listening extra

GCSE Music OCR AOS 4: Teaching materials covering the use of leitmotif in film scores, a comparison of programmatic and absolute musics,early synthesised scores, the blending of synthesised and acoustic timbres, the use of musical cliches, how action and adventure is portrayed in sound, and the fusion of musical traditions in capturing a sense of time and place. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. Improvising and composing tasks provide hands-on experience of thematic development and thematic transformation. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of the genre.

Film Music - 1970s-2020s

Shankar Skeleton Score

Courtney Pine Skeleton Score

The Beatles 'Revolver'

Kate Bush 'Hounds of Love'

Herrmann Skeleton Score

Kate Bush - Question 5 and wider listening

GCSE Music AQA AOS 4: An exploration of the influences and characteristics of Minimalism, drawing on works by Adams, Glass, Reich, Riley, Bertelmann, Meredith, Finch, Keita, Glyn and Monk. This resource includes thumbprints of style, 'listening and appraising' questions exam style questions and aural training, focusing on composers' use of melodic cells, harmonic language, tonality, structure, texture, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, metre and the use of sonority. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

Minimalist music of Adams, Reich and Riley

KS3 Cover lesson - The Blues

Tried and tested 60 minute cover lesson made up of embedded video clips, questions, answers and supporting material. There are two versions of this lesson. The first is a good fit for well established groups with a decent amount of analytical listening experience. The second is simpler and suitable for year 7 term 1.

KS3 Cover lesson - Christmas

GCSE Music OCR AOS 2: Teaching materials covering key aspects of the concerto and orchestra of the Classical period. Features of the three movement form, the evolution of sonata form from rounded binary form, role of the cadenza, modulation, texture, harmonic language, ornamentation and compositional devices explored in context. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training, practice questions, extended writing training, exam style questions, moderation exercises, and single line scores for dictation practice. Rehearsing and performing tasks enable students to get hands-on experience connecting melody and harmony of the period. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of period and genre.

The concerto through time - The Classical concerto

Ask a decent question, get a decent answer

Worthwhile questions for subject leaders

Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: time signatures, simple duple, triple, quadruple, compound duple, triple, quadruple, asymmetric metres, metric change. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.

Elements - Metre

Three composition workshops with supporting analytical listening resources that focus on the harmonic foundations of countermelody writing, development and elaboration of initial ideas, relationships between melodies and countermelodies, how to complement and enhance without crowding out the melody, effective deployment of countermelodies.

How to write a countermelody

Examples and practice questions focusing on the following specialist language: pedal note, drone, ground bass, chordal ostinato, Tierce de Picardie, circle of 5ths. This resource also includes an additional playlist to use as the basis for devising further questions.

Elements - Harmonic devices

Focus: Developing students’ understanding of textural layering, the manipulation and reworking of repeating patterns, the art of phasing, and contrapuntal interlocking techniques. Hands-on exercises incorporate aspects of performing, improvising, composing, arranging and analytical listening. Resources include teaching materials, student exercises, progress and assessment tools, 'do now' tasks and supporting teacher notes.

KS3 music teaching resources, including a free integrated comprehensive scheme of work (SoW). Supports listening, composing, composition and performing. Performance, ensemble, solo, arranging and improvising activities. Assessment aligned with the national curriculum.

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