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SubscribeEduqas A level AoS F: Thomas Adès’s Asyla
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KS 5
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...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part two
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KS 4 KS 5
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...
Sound recording: setting up a studio
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KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
This is the first in a short series of resources looking at the different aspects of sound recording in schools.
Eduqas A level AoS E: Debussy’s Nuages
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KS 5
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...
OCR A level AoS1 Mozart Quintet, K452: wider listening
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KS 5
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.
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part one
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KS 5 KS 4
By the end of the 1970s, pop music was a vastly commercial business, and its exponents often enjoyed immense riches and luxurious lifestyles, paid for by healthy record sales, airplay on radio or TV,...
Developing a composition
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KS 4 KS 5
In this resource I’ll delve deeper into the development process, looking in more detail at techniques and suggestions to create sophisticated musical progression in composition from a starting idea.
OCR AoS 1 prescribed work 2024: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4
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KS 5
The first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 is the prescribed work for OCR’s AoS1 for examination in 2024, and should be studied and contextualised within a number of other works in this...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1960s
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KS 4 KS 5
Last month, we began the latest part of our wider listening series, exploring the diversity of pop music in the second half of the 20th century, decade by decade. We looked at four specific genres of...
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.
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