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Eduqas GCSE AOS 1: Musical Forms and Devices - The Baroque period

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes. 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.

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OCR GCSE AOS 3: Rhythms of the World - Central and South America

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

OCR Areas of Study

Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes, 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 rhythmic 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.

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Eduqas GCSE AOS 2: Music for Ensemble - Jazz and Blues

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

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.

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Eduqas GCSE AOS 2: Music for Ensemble - Musical Theatre

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

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.

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KS3 Cover lesson - Riffs and Ostinati

Cover lesson - requires sound and a screen

Can be delivered by a non specialist

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.

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OCR GCSE AOS 2: The concerto through time - The Romantic concerto

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

OCR Areas of Study

Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes, 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.

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Elements Revision - Tonality

Useful for both class work and self directed study

Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

Practice questions on tonality, suitable for GCSE revision and homework, as part of a non-specialist cover lesson at KS4, as a knowledge gap filler for A level students, as an independent extension task for KS3 students, as part of a bridging course between key stages.

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Elements Revision - Texture

Useful for both class work and self directed study

Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

Practice questions on texture, suitable for GCSE revision and homework, as part of a non-specialist cover lesson at KS4, as a knowledge gap filler for A level students, as an independent extension task for KS3 students, as part of a bridging course between key stages.

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Elements Revision - Timbre and playing techniques

Useful for both class work and self directed study

Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

Practice questions on timbre and playing techniques, suitable for GCSE revision and homework, as part of a non-specialist cover lesson at KS4, as a knowledge gap filler for A level students, as an independent extension task for KS3 students, as part of a bridging course between key stages.

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OCR GCSE AOS 5: Conventions of Pop - Rock and Roll 1950s and 1960s

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

OCR Areas of Study

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.