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AQA GCSE AOS 3: Fusion Music - Music of the Caribbean

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

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An exploration of Calypso, Ska, Rock Steady, Reggae and music for steelpan, featuring Lord Invader, The Ethiopians, The Skatalites, Derrick Morgan, Peter Tosh, and Bob Marley and the Wailers. 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.

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AQA GCSE AOS 2: Broadway Musicals 1950 - 1990s

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Fifty years of Broadway Musicals - from 'The Sound of Music' to 'The Lion King' featuring the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Herman and Stewart, Loesser, Cole Porter, Sherman brothers, Coleman and Fields, Elton John and Tim Rice, and Sondheim. 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.

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AQA GCSE AOS 2: Rock music of the 1960s and 1970s

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An exploration of Rock Music based on the music of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Steppenwolf, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dread, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, ELO, Rush, Yes, Queen, The Sex Pistols, Patti Smith and The Clash. The 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.

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AQA GCSE AOS 2: Film Music since the 1990s

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An exploration of the characteristics of Film Music through the works of Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, Joe Hisaishi, Thomas Newman, Rachel Portman, Howard Shore, John Williams, Hans Zimmer and Laura Karpman. The 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.

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AQA GCSE AOS 2: Pop music 1990s to present

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An exploration of Pop Music through the music of Justin Timberlake, Ed Sheeran, Tori Amos, Kylie, Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Lauren Hill, Jason Mraz, Whitney Houston, Robbie Williams, Oasis, Stormzy, Harry Styles, Maltese, Kygo, Fodera, Backstreet Boys and Olly Murs. 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.

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AQA GCSE AOS 1: Handel Coronation Anthems and Oratorios

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

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Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes, exploring the Baroque Anthem and Oratorio featuring the Coronation Anthems, Chandos Anthems, The Messiah, and Judas Maccabaeus. This resource includes information on provenance, characteristics of style, aural training exploring aspects of melodic writing, word setting, harmonic language, tonality, texture, metre, tempo, rhythm, 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.

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AQA GCSE AOS 4: British Music of Arnold, Britten, Maxwell-Davies and Tavener

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Exploration of the influences and characteristics of the music of Arnold, Britten, Maxwell-Davies and Tavener. 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.

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A Level aural perception - Pack 1, exercises 1 to 4

Suitable for AQA, Eduqas, OCR and Pearson Edexcel

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Abba, Beethoven, trad. folk music, Horace Silver. Melodic dictation with rhythm provided, rhythmic dictation with melody provided, melodic range, compositional devices, modulation, locate and correct errors, spot the change in articulation, comparison of what's heard with what the notation says, identify the correct melodic line, identify the correct harmonic progression.

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AQA GCSE AOS 1: The orchestral music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

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Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes exploring Classical period orchestral music in context, focusing on the symphonies and concerti of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The 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.

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AQA GCSE AOS 1: The Requiem Mass of the Romantic period

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An exploration of Romanticism and the Requiem Mass, comparison of the Classical and Romantic Requiem based on the works of Faure, Verdi and Berlioz. The 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.