Secondary Resources

Online Resources for Music Teachers and Schools

This is a selection of resources for school Music teachers or freelance Music teachers which may be of use during the Covid-19 crisis, school closure or if students are studying at home.

“Addanote” Online Resource: Free Trial

https://www.nemfcic.co.uk/about-addanote

“Addanote offers teaching and learning support videos for whole class practical music lessons that is sequential, incremental and regularly revisits prior learning to aid embedding into long term memory, based on theories of errorless learning.” 30-day free trial now available via the link above.

GCSE Composition Resource

https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/gcse-music

This resource explores a series of works by composers in the NMC catalogue, offering students and teachers a comprehensive insight into how to approach their own composing in an imaginative way. This guide would support students studying GCSE Music or beyond and could also be useful for Key Stage 3 Music.
* Downloadable interactive PDF with links to music extracts and more
* Also available as part of MusicFirst’s Focus on Sound online classroom

R:string
https://www.nmcrec.co.uk/rstrng

This free app allows students to create their own remixes, taking music by composer Kate Whitley as a starting point, and featuring a specially devised remix by Olugbenga Adelekan of Mercury Prize nominees Metronomy. Our website includes lesson plans for teachers, an instructional video, and opportunities for students to have their remixes featured on NMC’s website.
* Designed to meet KS3 and KS4 curriculum
* Compatible with desktop, smartphone and tablet

Musical Contexts

http://musicalcontexts.co.uk/

A wealth of schemes of work and resources for KS2-KS4. Includes all worksheets, teacher notes, listening examples and videos. Sunderland Music Education Hub has purchased a lifetime subscription to Musical Contexts for Sunderland schools. Contact Liam.Huitson@togetherforchildren.org.uk for login information.

Musical Futures

https://www.musicalfutures.org/

Mainly focussed around practical music-making. Some resources for free. For example ‘Guide to Songwriting’ or ‘Vocal Warm-Ups’.

Currently during the Covid-19 crisis Musical Futures are offering some normally paid resources for free – each school can have 2 x Playalong resources and 1 x Chair Drumming for free, normally to a value of almost £40. To access these go to https://www.musicalfutures.org/musical-futures-blog/covid-19-musical-futures-support-during-school-closures

Other resources on their site can also be paid for. They can be bought individually, or can buy a full subscription. Includes play along to GCSE set works, beatboxing, ‘Just Play’ resources.

Teachers Pay Teachers

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com

Worksheets to buy individually, or some are available for free. Also possible for teachers to upload their own resources and earn money.

Education and Bass

http://ow.ly/lFMQ50yQTyo

Education & Bass are offering schools free access to more than 1800 + (new content added weekly) music technology online tutorials, courses and lectures. To sign up, go to:

TES

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources

Resources to buy individually, or some are available for free. Similar to above, in that teachers could upload their own resources to earn money.

Learning Music

https://learningmusic.ableton.com/

This website from Ableton allows students to learn about beats, melody, chords, bass-lines and song structure. Students can work through the tutorials then create their own songs using ‘the playground’. If you have Ableton Live software in school, students can export their ideas from the website to use in Ableton once they return to school.

YouTube – Delivering Online Lessons

A selection of videos to help deliver online lessons.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=music+teaching+online

NYMAZ

https://www.nymaz.org.uk/

A youth music development charity. Includes information on teaching online lessons.

BBC Bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zpf3cdm

Very useful for GCSE music, with specific content and revision tailored for AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas and OCR specifications.

Guide to World Music

https://worldmusic.net/blogs/guide-to-world-music

This website provides an insight into music from around the world and is complete with relevant examples linked to YouTube, the site covers everything from the Tango, to English Folk Music, Reggae and more.

Theory Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP4bC1sD1QcMVVxMSEL7qUQ

This YouTube channel consists of 6 videos that explain different aspects of music theory – time signatures, note & rest values, scales, reading treble & bass clef. Look in the video descriptions for links to online quizzes that have also been created for each video.

Groove Pizza

https://apps.musedlab.org/groovepizza/?

This website uses a pizza shape to represent different drum patterns. This easy-to-use drum machine allows students to explore beats from famous songs and create their own using rhythmic grids.

Zoom

https://zoom.us/

A very popular option for delivering online Music lessons and even choir rehearsals. Free options or available as a subscription with additional features.

Moog and Korg

Moog is offering its MiniMoog Model D and Korg is offering its Kaossilator synth app for free.

To find out more:

https://www.engadget.com/2020/03/14/moog-and-korg-free-synth-apps/?fbclid=IwAR2bY1OpysZ-VcFW3gDDDDZ380rm-UGEUU4ClKtaqh8aU7NpU4wctFOmhug&guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9sLmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAADGAJJUdcA348Tip1QIY9AlFoK6TEpzXTxFbaIGkR5lpb1Bie-6Wl5RvjywMkpMHp6q0bQ3nrFBBzqc7QqB-rM_Fc6nJFL58NGHXWMJQfhlulXaVPgngk9Oax0dY94OGGaT29ndsk_pNpddxo8_HK_0AMSM50bhBJOT1iRETaLlv

Rockschool – Video examinations

Video examinations for all Rockschool candidates (excluding Grade 6-8).

https://www.rslawards.com/examination-update-covid-19/

Charanga

Email liam.huitson@togetherforchildren.org.uk with any queries regarding subscriptions.

https://charanga.com/site/

https://www.musicmark.org.uk/resources/providers/charanga/

YUMU (part of Charanga)