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.

If you would like to see an example of a Teaching Material, please click here.

Subscribe

Getting started with Cubase Elements 10: part two

Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 Archive

Author: James Manwaring

This is the second part of a two-part resource on Cubase Elements 10. Part one (Music Teacher, October 2019) covered the basics of the software, how to start students off, how to get started, creating...

Download Now

Homework at KS3

Secondary education KS 3 Archive

Author: Jane Werry

Homework can be a valuable means of covering some of the factual knowledge about music that you want to bring into your lessons. By covering some of this in advance through homework tasks, you're...

Download Now

Soul music

Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5

Author: David Ashworth

In this resource, we look at – or, rather, listen to – the musical crossovers between soul and rock/pop music, consider the importance of backing vocals in soul music, and how instruments are used in...

Download Now

Using knowledge organisers

Secondary education KS 3 KS 4 KS 5 Archive

Author: Jane Werry

This resource will give you guidance on knowledge organiser content and layout, and tips on how to use them, including training your students on how to use them for independent study. You will see...

Download Now

Teaching a successful guitar group

Extra-curricular music VMT Archive

Author: Paul White

Throughout my musical career, one of the main areas I've found to be a constant source of learning, encouragement and inspiration is playing and performing music with a group of people. Within a...

Download Now

Getting started with Cubase Elements 10: part one

Secondary education KS 3 Archive KS 4

Author: James Manwaring

This resource is designed to provide an introduction to Cubase Elements. Cubase software has various levels, and this is the entry-level version. It's an affordable piece of software for most schools,...

Download Now

Teaching a beginners' brass group

Extra-curricular music Primary education Secondary education

Author: Richard Steggall

Group teaching is often thought of as the poor relation to individual music tuition. And that can certainly be the case if you try to teach groups in exactly the same way as you teach individuals. If...

Download Now

Haydn's Symphony No. 94 ‘Surprise’

Secondary education IB

Author: Hanh Doan

Haydn's ‘Surprise’ Symphony is one of the International Baccalaureate's prescribed works for 2020-2021 and will feature in the listening paper. Students will have to answer questions about the...

Download Now

AQA AoS4: Orchestral music of Copland

Secondary education KS 4

Author: Jonathan James

Picture the following Hollywood scene: a hero has fallen, and a faded Stars and Stripes flutters in the breeze as we remember their act of sacrifice for their country. What underscore do you hear?...

Download Now

GCSE music: theory tips and tricks

Secondary education KS 4 Archive

Author: James Manwaring

This resource focuses on the key areas of music theory that are common across all exam boards. I'll also share some ideas and strategies that have worked in my own lessons, with the aim of providing...

Download Now

Current filters

  • Remove All [ X ]
    Archive
    Examinations
    Teaching Plans

Filter by

Tags