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

Eduqas GCSE AOS 2: Music for Ensemble - Musical Theatre
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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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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