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Musical Contexts United Learning "99 Zone"

This website has been provided through a partnership between Musical Contexts and United Learning to provide teachers with quality, “ready to use”, tried and tested and professionally presented resources for use in the Primary and Secondary Music classroom.  The aim of Musical Contexts is to produce an easy-to-navigate and comprehensive bank of Music Resources, relieving teachers from the lengthy process of resource collection and preparation.  Resources are all available for immediate download and are grouped in “Topics” or “Units” within each Year Group.  Musical Contexts can provide new material to your existing schemes of work or  entire schemes can be used direct from the site - all the resources are there ready to download and use.  

Secondary/KS3 Fully-Resourced Units

Y7 Building Bricks

Y7 Building Bricks

(Exploring the Elements of Music)

Y7 Keyboard Skills

Y7 Keyboard

Skills

(Exploring Effective Performance Technique)

Y7 I've got Rhythm

Y7 I've got Rhythm

(Exploring Rhythm and Pulse)

Y7 Form and Structure

Y7 Form and Structure

(Exploring Musical Structures)

Y7 Sonority City

Y7 Sonority City

(Exploring Instruments of the Orchestra)

Y7 Folk Music

Y7 Folk Music

(Exploring Harmony and Accompaniments)

Y8 Hooks and Riffs

Y8 Hooks and Riffs

(Exploring Repeated Musical Patterns)

Y8 Offbeat

Y8 Offbeat

(Exploring Reggae and Syncopation)

Y8 Variations

Y8 Variations

(Exploring ways to develop Musical Ideas)

Y8 All That Jazz

Y8 All That Jazz

(Exploring Jazz and The Blues)

Y8 All About the Bass

Y8 All About the Bass

(Exploring Bass Clef Reading and Notation)

Y8 Saharan Sounds

Y8 Saharan Sounds

(Exploring Textures and Rhythms)

Y9 Dance Music

Y9 Dance Music

(Exploring Rhythm, Chords and Metre in Dance Music)

Y9 Soundtracks

Y9 Soundtracks

(Exploring Film Music)

Y9 Computer and Video Game Music

Y9 Computer and Video Game Music

(Exploring Global Computer and Video Game Music)

Y9 New Directions

Y9 New Directions

(Exploring ways to develop music from small ideas)

Y9 Samba

Y9 Samba

(Exploring Polyrhythms and Improvisation)

Y9 What Makes a Good Song?

Y9 What Makes a Good Song?

(Exploring Popular Songs)

Primary/KS2 Topic-based Units

Water Music

Water Music

The Victorians

The Victorians

Weather & Seasons

Weather & Seasons

Machine Music

Machine Music

Animal Crackers

Animal Crackers

Britain Since 1930

Britain Since 1930

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

The Tudors

The Tudors

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

Journey into Space

Journey into Space

GCSE, AS and A-Level Music Resources

Film Music

Film Music

Film Music Listening Questions

Film Music Listening Questions

Popular Music

Popular Music

Chamber Music

Chamber Music

Rhythms of the World

Rhythms of the World

Punjabi Bhangra

Punjabi Bhangra

Sonatas and Symphonies

Sonatas and Symphonies

Voices and Vocal Music

Voices and Vocal Music

Symphonie Fantastique

Symphonie Fantastique

OCR GCSE Music Resources

OCR GCSE Music Resources

Warm-Ups, Year 7 Baseline Listening Assessments, Cover and World Music Guides

Warm-Ups Compendium Volume 1

Warm-Ups Compendium  Volume 1

Music Puzzles Cover Pack

Music Puzzles Cover Pack

Calypso

Calypso

Warm-Ups Compendium Volume 2

Warm-Ups Compendium Volume 2

My Music Cover Pack

My Music Cover Pack

Steel Bands

Steel Bands

Y7 Baseline Listening Assessment 1

Y7 Baseline Listening Assessment 1

Chinese Music

Chinese Music

Y7 Baseline Listening Assessment 2

Y7 Baseline Listening Assessment 2

Gamelan

Gamelan

Music Festivals Cover Pack

Music Festivals Cover Pack

Salsa

Salsa

Indian Music

Indian Music

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