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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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KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
This resource introduces the basic functions of Ableton, enough so that you’ll be able to make music with your class. We’ll introduce the software and provide classroom projects that can be used in...
Getting the most from Focus on Sound
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KS 3 KS 4 KS 5
Focus on Sound Pro is a piece of cloud-based software from Music First. This resource looks at features of the software, and explores how you can use it in your teaching across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.
Edexcel AoS4: Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love
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KS 5
English singer-songwriter Kate Bush released Hounds of Love, her fifth studio album, in September 1985. It received immediate acclaim from critics and record-buyers alike, and was soon being hailed as...
Developing wider listening – the 20th century: part two
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KS 4 KS 5
In part one of this resource (Music Teacher, September 2021), we began to see how music, having reached something of a stylistic crossroads at the end of the Romantic period, took off in a multitude...
Creating successful teaching spaces in different school environments
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VMT
The environment in which you teach can have a huge impact on the quality, effectiveness and enjoyment of your lessons. Being a visiting music teacher can involve rather unpredictable and challenging...
Developing wider listening – the 20th century: part one
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KS 4 KS 5
Understanding the background and context to music they play or listen to is an incredibly useful skill for all music students. This series aims to broaden that knowledge of musical style across the...
Developing wider listening: the Romantic period
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KS 4 KS 5
The Romantic period, which lasted for most of the 19th century and left a strong legacy in the 20th and beyond, was a time of great change in all art forms. In this resource, which follows on from...
OCR AoS 1: Haydn Symphony No. 48 (Maria Theresia)
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KS 5
This prescribed work should be studied and contextualised within a number of other works in this Area of Study. Studying other symphonies by Haydn, as well as some by Mozart and Beethoven, will be...
Getting inside the A level jazz curriculum, part 2: instrumentalists
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Secondary education KS 5
For some students, instrumental jazz can seem like black coffee compared to the milkshake of pop. It still has a reputation of being hard to access and appreciate, particularly post-swing. This...
Getting inside the A level jazz curriculum, part 1: jazz vocalists
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Secondary education KS 5
This will act as a summary introduction to the subject area, to whet the appetite and start placing the main styles in their contexts, with suggested listening and a playlist. Following the examples,...
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