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Downloadable resources for music teachers
Teaching materials are an integral part of a music teacher's practice. Every month Music Teacher publishes downloadable materials for KS3, 4 and 5, offering complete units of work, GCSE and A Level set-work guidance, and practical ideas across all levels for both classroom and peripatetic teachers. All materials are written by experienced teachers and examiners and provide indispensable content for your teaching.
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SubscribeCover lessons
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KS 3
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...
Teaching texture
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KS 3 KS 4
This resource will take you through a range of techniques and approaches aimed at developing students’ understanding and application of textural devices. Its focus is KS3 and KS4, but the early stages...
Key Stage 3 toolkit, part one
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KS 3 Secondary education
This resource will look at Key Stage 3, and consider how you can shape what you offer to your students. Advice for curriculum design, extra-curricular provision and long-term planning will be covered,...
‘Carol of the Bells’: a Christmas resource
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KS 3 KS 4
If you’re looking for a good jumping-off point for Christmas season creative work and music making with your students, a good choice would be ‘Carol of the Bells’ (‘Shchedryk’).
Approaches to composing at KS3
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KS 3
Composition is one of the crucial components of any music curriculum. Students need to be given the opportunity to compose, and the guidance to succeed. They also need to see how composition links in...
Pre-U topic C4: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
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KS 5 Secondary education
In this resource, we’ll look at Rhapsody in Blue’s origins, its stylistic influences, its musical features, and its array of chameleon-like, shapeshifting versions.
Listening skills
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KS 3 Secondary education
This resource will look at listening in the Key Stage 3 classroom, with practical ideas to encourage students to listen.
Learning with singing
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KS 3 KS 4 Secondary education
In this resource, I’ll look at some of the ways we can use singing to help with learning, giving practical suggestions and ideas. Singing isn’t something reserved for trained vocalists, musicians or...
Practical learning using instruments
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KS 3 KS 4
This resource considers how we can use instruments to teach key concepts in music. It will focus on practical learning and how we can best approach it.
Visual content for musical understanding
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KS 3
One of the things that makes music a difficult subject to teach is its very nature. It’s ephemeral and invisible, and it exists only as movements of the air at a particular place and time. A score of...
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