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Eduqas GCSE AOS 3: Film Music part 1

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

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.

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Eduqas GCSE AOS 3: Film Music part 2

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

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.

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Eduqas GCSE AOS 4: Popular Music and Fusions - Bhangra

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

Exploration of Punjabi and British Bhangra, links to folk music, rhythmic characteristics of chaal, timbral fusions of synth, dhol, harmonium, 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.

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Eduqas GCSE AOS 4: Popular Music and Fusions - Rock Music

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

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.

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Eduqas GCSE AOS 4: Popular Music and Fusions - Pop

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

Eduqas Areas of Study

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, Chamber 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.

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Eduqas GCSE AOS 1: Musical Forms and Devices - The Classical 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 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.

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KS3 Cover lesson - Hiphop

Cover lesson - requires sound and a screen

Can be delivered by a non specialist

Suitable for students with a solid foundation of music vocabulary, and a decent amount of analytical listening experience.

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Forms and structures

Project, display, incorporate into your own teaching materials

Teaching tools

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

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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.