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INSTRUMENTAL
STUDYA
Rough and Ready Guide to Teaching the Piano
[154k]Our comprehensive guide to starting
out as a piano teacher. Many areas covered have
cross-instrumental relevance.
Sight
Reading – A Trying Time for Teacher and Pupil
[17k]Advice on nurturing this important
skill.
Performance
Assessment Table [25k]Keep an organised
record of lesson progress
Lesson
Planner [10k]Simple template for lesson
preparation
Grade
V Theory - Composition [26k]An
introduction to elementary compositional study
Perfect Your Practice!A pupil's guide to making effective musical progress
Baroque Dances - a Beginner's GuideA brief history of the Baroque Suite, with Mp3 examples, question sheet for pupils and composition task.
NATIONAL CURRICULUM RESOURCESUnderstanding Simple Rhythmic Notation A guide for non-specialist
teachers in basic rhythmic notation. In A5 booklet format.
Rhythm Flashcards A series of 20 flashcards
of simple four-beat rhythms, suitable for Key Stages 1 and 2.
Forty Simple Rhythms 40 Simple rhythms progessing in difficulty.
Suitable for Key Stages 1 and 2. Ideal when photocopied onto acetate for use with overhead projectors.
Forty Pentatonic Songs This resource is designed to introduce the notes CDEGA using tonic sol-fah
notation and rhythms of varying difficulty. Ideal when photocopied onto acetate for use with overhead projectors. Suitable for KS 1 and 2
Key
Stage 3 Music Project: Polyrhythms A downloadable resource of
investigations into African drumming, consisting of a workbook,
supporting teacher-notes and mpegs of
musical
examples. Suitable for Year 7 upwards.
Key
Stage 3 Music Project: Polyrhythms II A downloadable resource of investigations into Balinese Gamelan,
consisting of a workbook and
supporting teacher-notes. Suitable for Year 7 upwards. In A5 booklet format.
Key
Stage 3 Music Project: Monody and Drone A downloadable resource of investigations into Indian music,
consisting of a teacher's notebook. Suitable for Year 7 upwards. In A5 booklet format.
Key
Stage 2 Music Project for non-specialist teachers: Sounds Like Fun... A project exploring the basic aspects of timbre and timbral composition. Suitable for Years 5 and 6
An Introduction to Sonata Form Suitable for intermediate students, this resource looks at the basics of sonata form, using a Clementi sonatina as illustration.
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Early Approaches to Structure in Composition:Part 1: Melodic Structure A guide to analysing melodic structure and using this in basic composition.
Part 2: Binary Form An introduction to binary form, including a compositional task. There are 2 PDF examples to accompany this resource;
Example 1 and
Example 2.
Part 3: Ternary Form An introduction to ternary form, including a compositional task. There is a PDF example to accompany this resource;
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A LEVEL (HISTORY AND ANALYSIS)The
following resources consist of background notes
and analyses relating to works set for higher
level examination.
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BACKGROUND MATERIAL:
Composer Portrait: Franz Joseph Haydn
Composer Portrait: Ludwig van BeethovenAn Overview of the Sonata from Classical to Romantic Periods
An Overview of the Development of Chamber Music
EDEXCEL NOTES:
Keyboard Music
Sweelinck:
Pavana LachrimaeJS
Bach: Sarabande and Gigue from Partita no. 4 in D
major, BWV 828 [32k]Mozart:
Piano Sonata in B-flat K333, first movement
[24k]Schumann:
Kinderscenen, op.15 nos. 1, 3 and 11Debussy:
'Sarabande' from Pour Le Piano [30k]Shostakovich:
Prelude and Fugue in A majorSacred Vocal Music
John
Taverner: O Wilhelme pastor boneGiovanni
Gabrieli: In ecclesiis from Symphoniae Sacrae II
JS
Bach: Cantata No. 48, Ich elender Mensch
Haydn: Quoniam tu solus Sanctus from The Nelson Mass
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (Movement III)
John Tavener: The Lamb
Bruckner: Locus IsteMusic for Large Ensemble
Wagner: Prelude to Tristan and IsoldeJS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.4 (Movement 1)Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Movement III)Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Movement I)Music for Small Ensemble
Joseph Haydn: Quartet in E flat Op. 33 no. 2 (movement IV)AQA NOTES:
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Handel: Coronation Anthem: The King Shall Rejoice
Mozart:
Piano Sonata in A major, K331Felix
Mendelssohn: Overture The HebridesOCR AS LEVEL NOTES
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Haydn: Symphony No 103, 2nd Movement
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night's DreamBeethoven: Symphony No. 5 in c minor,
FinaleMUSICOLOGYAn Overview of Dramatic Music in England, 1600-1710An Overview of Dramatic Music in England, 1710-1759Olivier
Messiaen: An Introduction [563k]An examination of the life and musical style of Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992
Gerald
Finzi: Special Study [52k]Discernible
Poetic and Philosophical Influences in the works
of Gerald Finzi
Frederic
Chopin: Special Study [2.6 MB]Shifting
modes of reception: Chopin's Piano Sonata in B
Flat Minor, Opus 35
Igor
Stravinsky: Special Study [102k]Perséphone: An Interpretation by Igor
Stravinsky and André Gide
Jonathan
Scott: Registration in the organ music of Olivier
Messiaen (1908-1992)Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat K595A commentary by John Reid
Serialism in the music of Schoenberg, Berg and WebernRebecca Taylor investigates the different approach by these composers to the twelve-tone technique
Sonata Rondo form; an introductionJack Day outlines the main characteristics by looking at a Brahms string quartet movement
Beethoven: piano sonata op81a 'Les adieux'An overview of the first movement by Jack Day
Mozart Piano Concerto K488, 1st MvtAn analysis showing the use of sonata form in the classical concerto
