Year 11 to A level Music Transition Resources
Year 13 to University Music Transition Resources
Department Resources (open to anyone)
The music department handbook contains guidance on the various units as well as a substantial glossary of musical terms, help with harmony and a brief summary of the history of music. The following pages will also be helpful:
- Development of the Symphony notes (large resource with loads of notes and example for Eduqas AoS A)
- Help with A level composing (particularly style composition)
- Twentieth Century Music (AoS E) notes
- Check out our Youtube playlist which includes
- Haydn Symphony 104 Revision Video Movement 1
- Haydn Symphony 104 Revision Video Movement 2 (Andante)
- Haydn Symphony 104 Revision Video Movement 3 (Minuet)
- Haydn Symphony 104 Revision Video Movement 4 (finale)
ChoraleGUIDE.com – all the worksheets and resources you need for A2 chorales (developed in-house but not directly relevant for EDUQAS students)
- Bells and Whistles (annotated version)
- Fingerprints summary
Useful Spotify playlists (compiled by Tom and a range of other educators)
- Development of the Symphony Spotify Playlist
- Link to all the works mentioned in the Eduqas text book https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KWrFLrKjDGI2jNurtXXnH?si=d10789a7d6814822
- Musical Theatre Playlists
- Rodgers & Hammerstein: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6y9P4pMjxdQtdNcErjWRAO…
- Bernstein: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0qf43sQ8py3qqaSUvwHCas…
- Sondheim:
- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3adkTiPNc7DhGBVb5GsJX8…
- Claude-Michel Schönberg: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3WMsyBJ5f6fTEXKKGY5blG…
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1RNo6rWkrVLEr9YAvYikdl…
- Schwartz: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ri70PFMArJ12Eyn7RnXkv…
- Area of Study E PLAYLIST (long version for familarity with composer styles)
- Area of Study E introductory playlist (for Year 12s in the summer term)
| New resources for WJEC A level music |
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| I have authored some of the teacher resources for the new set works as listed below. These are for the WJEC A level spec in Wales but I would highly recommend both these works for more general study. The Heneghan is a work that is both whimsical and passionate and the Boulanger is a fascinating piece of astonishing sophistication (Boulanger composed it before she was even out of her teens). Area of Study F: Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries – Strand 2 Analysis and commentary on Ben Heneghan’s From Summer to Autumn for flute and piano (from WJEC Resources Page) [resource in Welsh] Area of Study F: Music of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries – Strand 1 Analysis and commentary on Lili Boulanger’s Pour les Funérailles d’un Soldat for Baritone Solo, Chorus and Orchestra (from WJEC Resources Page) [resource in Welsh] |
SharePoint Resources (King Ed’s students only)
- Annotated scores
- Active revision
- Blank Scores
- Readings on Essay Topics
- Revision notes
General Resources
Basic Dictation exercises – intervals, melodies etc. You select the rhythm etc. first then click on the note name to input. (Teoria – this is brilliant for a free resource)
Excellent graded dictation exercises for A level students from Monks Walk Music
More advanced dictation exercises based on real music (Philharmonia)
Internet Music Scores Library Project – loads of free out-of-copyright scores. The best way to find a score for which that you know the details is to search from Google (e.g. “IMSLP Brahms Symphony 4”)
Internet Music Theory Database – Loads of scores and sound files demonstrating a wide range of chord progressions.
Video talk on Mannheim composers (e.g. Stamitz)
TonalityGUIDE.com – general help on basic theory (this is an old site that I no longer update, but it has some useful material)
Social media
- Facebook Group – current students, alumni and friends can keep in touch with what is going on
- Instagram Page (Music and Music Tech)