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WJEC AoS F: Impressionism

The resource provides an analysis of the three set works in WJEC’s AoS F, List A, Strand 1: Impressionism.

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Eduqas AoS4: Toto’s ‘Africa’

There are already many resources available for this set work, both from Eduqas and from the internet more widely. This resource won’t duplicate their content. Instead, we’ll look at ideas for...

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Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1990s

The last five resources in the Developing Wider Listening series – which has now been running for over two years – have taken us on a journey through a huge diversity of popular musical styles, which...

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Teaching across different brass instruments

There was a time when many professional brass players would have been multi-instrumentalists, but these days we tend to have only one main instrument that we study to a professional level. Any...

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Sound recording: setting up a studio

This is the first in a short series of resources looking at the different aspects of sound recording in schools.

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Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part two

The pop scene in the 1980s was a hugely diverse, technology-driven hotbed of high fashion, music videos and ultra-fast stylistic changes. In part one of this resource (Music Teacher, February 2023) we...

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Eduqas A level AoS F: Thomas Adès’s Asyla

Contemporary ‘classical’ music is an essential element of any music course, at any level. If we are to create lifelong learners who take a passion for music into their adult lives, it’s imperative...

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Cover lessons for KS3

The moment that you need to set cover is never the right moment to have a good think about creating good cover lessons. In a worst-case scenario, you’ll be sick or completely incapacitated, and even...

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OCR A level AoS1 Mozart Quintet, K452: wider listening

Alongside the prescribed work in OCR’s Area of Study 1 (Instrumental Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven), it’s essential that students familiarise themselves with wider listening from this period.

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Warm-ups for guitar

The first question with warm-ups is: why should my students warm up? The simple answer is that it will make them better musicians.

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Eduqas A level AoS E: Debussy’s Nuages

This resource will focus entirely on Debussy’s Nuages, to help students prepare for the component 3 written exam. There’s more detail on the kinds of questions that can be asked, as well as a sample...

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