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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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Making your music room inspiring

KS 3 KS 4 KS 5

Author: James Manwaring

Every music department is different, in terms of staffing, rooms, resources and budgets. There is no one way to do things, and no golden ticket to success. But in this resource, we’ll look at how to...

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Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1990s

KS 4 KS 5 Secondary education

Author: Simon Rushby

The last five resources in the Developing Wider Listening series – which has now been running for over two years – have taken us on a journey through a huge diversity of popular musical styles, which...

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Eduqas AoS4: Toto’s ‘Africa’

KS 4 Secondary education

Author: Jane Werry

There are already many resources available for this set work, both from Eduqas and from the internet more widely. This resource won’t duplicate their content. Instead, we’ll look at ideas for...

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Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part two

KS 4 KS 5

Author: Simon Rushby

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...

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Sound recording: setting up a studio

KS 3 KS 4 KS 5

Author: Paul White

This is the first in a short series of resources looking at the different aspects of sound recording in schools.

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Cover lessons

KS 3

Author: Jane Werry

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...

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Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1980s, part one

KS 5 KS 4

Author: Simon Rushby

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,...

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Teaching texture

KS 3 KS 4

Author: Liz Dunbar

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...

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Developing a composition

KS 4 KS 5

Author: Richard Barnard

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.

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AQA GCSE AoS4: Peter Maxwell Davies and John Tavener

KS 4 Secondary education

Author: David Kettle

For AoS4 in its GCSE specification, AQA has gathered together four important and very contrasting British composers from the 20th and 21st centuries: Malcolm Arnold, Benjamin Britten, Peter Maxwell...

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