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

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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.

Elements Revision - Tempo
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Elements Revision - Tempo

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Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: BPM, largo, andante, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto, accelerando, rit, rall, rubato.

Elements Revision - Rhythmic devices
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Elements Revision - Rhythmic devices

Useful for both classwork and self directed study
Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: dotted, scotch-snap/lombardic, syncopation, triplet, shuffle, swung, anacrusis, polyrhythm, crossrhythm, augmentation, diminution, hemiola.

OCR GCSE AOS 5: Conventions of Pop - Rock Anthems 1970s and 1980s
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OCR GCSE AOS 5: Conventions of Pop - Rock Anthems 1970s and 1980s

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE
OCR Areas of Study

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.

Elements Revision - Metre
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Elements Revision - Metre

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Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: time signature, simple duple, triple, quadruple, compound duple, triple, quadruple, asymmetric metres, metric change.

GCSE Listening And Appraising - Elements test 2
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GCSE Listening And Appraising - Elements test 2

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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.

Elements Revision - Melody
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Elements Revision - Melody

Useful for both classwork and self directed study
Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

'Identify' and 'describe' questions featuring the following vocab: step, leap, conjunct, disjunct, scalic, triadic, arpeggiaic, rising, falling, ascending and descending sequences, repetition, range.

Circle of 5ths
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Circle of 5ths

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Various permutations of the circle of 5ths

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