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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
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...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part one
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,...
Teaching texture
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...
Developing a composition
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.
Key Stage 3 toolkit, part one
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
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’).
OCR AoS 1 prescribed work 2024: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4
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...
Approaches to composing at KS3
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...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1960s
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
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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