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)
• Development of the Symphony Spotify Playlist
• Hydle – a Wordle-style guessing game on pieces relevant to the Development of the Symphony Essay (thanks to Josh Smith)
• Help with A level composing (particularly style composition)
• Twentieth Century Music (AoS E) notes
• 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)
• 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 created by others:

• 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…

University and Conservatoire Guidance

Google Drive and Moodle Resources (King Ed’s students only)

• Annotated scores
• Blank Scores
• Readings on Essay Topics
• Tracks (set works and core wider listening)
• AoS E Core Wider Listening Notes and Scores
• Review old GC tasks

The college Moodle site has a range of resources (you need to log in to use these)

• Music A Level Common Resources Moodle (revision notes and quizzes on set works)
• Composition Moodle – Resources for AS and A2 composing (see Guide for details of resources on Moodle)
• Short History of Music Moodle – notes on different style periods along with musical examples
• Explorations in Music Moodle – powerpoints and examples from mini-lecture series designed to give a flavour of music at HE and be generally thought provoking.

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