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Christmas Ensemble Classics Volumes 1-3 from Musical Contexts are a flexible classroom ensemble performing series featuring accessible and playable arrangements of five well-known Christmas songs in each volume containing a Melody, Chords and Bass Line format, ideal for both Secondary/KS3 and Primary/KS2 music classrooms. https://www.musicalcontexts.co.uk/christmas Each of the five flexible arrangements comes with 10 Performing Sheets and Scores: Melody part with lyrics and c

Baseline Assessment Tests for Years 7, 8 and 9 now available in paper-based formats Music Baseline Assessments | Musical Contexts

"All About the Bass" has now been updated to a new 6 x lesson fully-resourced unit within the 99 Zone. If you've not got 99 Zone access,...

Data collection from new Year 7 pupils made easy: Music and Me Year 7 Questionnaire . Available as both MS and Google Forms and Hard Copy...

"Keyboard Skills" has now been updated to a new 6 x lesson fully-resourced unit within the 99 Zone.

"Rhythm and Pulse" has now been updated to a new 6 x lesson fully-resourced unit within the 99 Zone. If you've not got 99 Zone Access, grab it here...

All of the Secondary KS3 Music units are undergoing a huge revision and update! Along with the new "Back in Time to the Popular Music...

Not sure if these will be helpful to anyone, or bring back the old terrors of "NC Level Descriptors", but found these in the depths of...

Purpose : This unit explores musical styles in Britain during the 1930’s and 1940’s and focuses on popular music during the Second World...

For those using the new Musical Contexts Back in Time to the Popular Music Part 1 KS3 unit, there's now a supporting Knowledge Organiser...

6 x 5 Minute Reading Activities For those enjoying the new Musical Contexts Back in Time to the Popular Music Part 1 KS3 unit, there's...

This pack of 10 GCSE-style Listening Questions can be used to support IGCSE Music Area of Study 1 - Baroque Music focusing on Baroque...

This pack of 10 GCSE-style Listening Questions can be used to support OCR GCSE Music (9-1) Area of Study 2 - The Concerto through Time. ...

Completing the Musical Contexts trilogy exploring Baroque, Classical and Romantic Music. Inside Romantic Music Resource Pack is now...

The KS2/Primary 99 Zone unit, "Ancient Greece", has been newly updated exploring Triple Time, Leitmotif and the Pentatonic Scale. 99 Zone...

The third and final part of Cadenza Part 3 - The Musical Contexts Guide to Music Theory is now live and online! Five fully-resourced ...

The  Eduqas GCSE Music (9-1) Areas of Study Listening Quiz  provides both an ideal introduction for Year 10's or as a valuable revision...

Inside Classical Music Resource Pack  from  Musical Contexts  provides a fully-resourced set of activities on all aspects of music...