Online Teaching Materials
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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SubscribeWays into modernism
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource is designed around how to ask those questions in a way that encourages exploration both during term–time and the holiday period. It should also open up the following, more specific areas...
Developing musical ideas
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
Music teachers will be very familiar with the challenge of supporting their students in developing musical ideas beyond the initial stages of composition. In this resource we consider some ways in...
Band skills and cover versions
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
With the ease of finding song lyrics and chords on websites such as Ultimate Guitar, as well as the plethora of musical YouTube tutorials, giving students the knowhow and confidence they need to use...
Planning effective and musical lessons
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
In this resource, a range of practical strategies for the following will be presented: Creating learning objectives; Teaching musical concepts musically; Lesson structure; Responding to students'...
Making music with David Bowie
Secondary education KS 4 Archive
This resource explores many of the writing processes that went into one of Bowie's most important works – the album Low, released in 1977. Prior to the release of Low, Bowie had already explored ways...
OCR AS: Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K466, first movement
Secondary education KS 5 Archive AS
This resource is the last in a three–part series to support the teaching of the three new OCR AS Prescribed Orchestral Scores in Unit G353: Introduction to Historical Study in Music, for examination...
BBC Ten Pieces Secondary, part one
Secondary education KS 3 Archive
The BBC's Ten Pieces initiative aims to foster interest in classical music among schoolchildren, with films to accompany the two sets of pieces (one for primary and one for secondary schools). This...
OCR AS; IB HL/SL: Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047, movements 2 and 3
Secondary education KS 5 Archive
This resource, designed to support the new IB set works, is an analysis of the second and third movements of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. The first movement, together with background information...