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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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,...
Developing internal pulse
VMT
To forge a career in music, you have to possess an excellent internal metronome: you need to have developed an ability to feel the pulse of a piece of music, and to subconsciously count in your head...
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.
AQA GCSE AoS4: Peter Maxwell Davies and John Tavener
KS 4 Secondary education
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...
Trumpet repertoire in the early stages
VMT
I’ve attended many training sessions and professional development courses where I’ve been given a lot of contradictory advice about teaching beginners.
Key Stage 3 toolkit, part two
KS 4 Secondary education
In part one of this two-part Key Stage 3 toolkit (Music Teacher, December 2022) I considered a range of approaches and ideas for KS3, including curriculum and extra-curricular activities. We’ll...
Developing wider listening: pop music of the 1970s
This is the third part of our latest series of wider listening resources, exploring pop music in the second half of the 20th century. We’ve tracked the journey of pop music from its roots in American...
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,...