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Welcome to my teaching resouces section. This page serves several purposes. The first is to provide a series of web links related to the schemes of work that I teach in order that students might carry out independent research. The second is a clear way of mapping out the curriculum that I teach. The third is to share the various resources that I have developed with other schools and teachers. There are a number of resources that I have obtained from other teachers and they are presented here with their consent. Please let me know if you have found any part of these resources to be incorrect or inadequate. In the same manner, please pass on any positive experiences via e-mail.

The links on this page were last tested: 11.01.06 The World Wide Web is always evolving, please email me if you find any missing links.

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	Autumn Term		Spring Term		Summer Term
Primary	Songs
Y7	Skiffle	Renaissance	Circus Music	Klezmer	The Orchestra	The Blues
Y8	Gospel Music	Classical	Samba Drumming	Turkish Music	Structure	Music in Adverts
Y9	Pop Music	Romantic	Film Music	Russian Folksong	Avante-Garde	Rock and Roll
Y10	Aural Training
Y11	Area of Study One
A Level	Gershwin songs
BTEC	Variety Theatre	Music Hall	Operetta British Musicals	Practitioners

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GENERAL LINKS AND DOWNLOADS:

You will need to download Quick Time (free) to view some of the files on this site

You will also need to have Acrobat Reader (free) to view the .pdf files on this site

Click here to print off manuscript paper

Finale Tutorial

Click here to download the free Finale NotePad software for writing music

Are you unsure how to lay out your word processed work? Download this guide: or download this template

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PRIMARY

Visit my instruments page and find out more about them!!

Songs:

Boom Chicka Boom

Kumala Vista

Angelina

The Rattlin' Bog

Holy Cross Song Lyrics Sheet Music mp3 audio

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Autumn Term

SKIFFLE MUSIC

Starting to write music worksheets

Learning to play rhythms worksheet 1

Links to information about skiffle (each button is a different link)

Rhythm Writing Test

Download 'Note Attack'

Print off the lyrics for 'My Old Man's a Dustman

Print off the assessment criteria for the end of unit performance

Skiffle Music Crossword

End of unit review (Skiffle Music) Word Template

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RENAISSANCE MUSIC (1450-1600)

Music for Pavan

Music for Pavan (recorders)

Note Identification Test (treble clef)

Lots of great sites about Renaissance music (the first one is particularly good!)

General information

(not just about music)

All about Renaissance instruments

Are you unsure how to lay out your word processed work? Download this guide: or download this template

Renaissance Music Crossword

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Spring Term

CIRCUS MUSIC

Click here to view the Interactive Circus Music Program (you will need to download Quicktime to view it

Lots of useful cartoon/comedy noises

Marksheet for the clown routine

Circus Music Crossword

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KLEZMER

You can hear Yiddish being spoken on this site:

Yiddish Radio

The Klezmer Shack ...

Lots of Yiddish Songs

Print off the lyrics for Tumbalalaika and also the music

Print off the music to Hava Nagila

Note Identification Test (bass clef)

Tumbalalaika Worksheet

Keyboard chords for Tumbalalaika

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Summer Term

THE ORCHESTRA

Click on the following button for pictures of orchestral instruments

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THE BLUES

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Autumn Term

GOSPEL MUSIC

Gospel listening exercise

Visit the Gospel Music Hall of Fame Museum (check out the 'history' section)

An article on 'The History of Gospel Music'

Free encyclopedia article on Gospel music

Download the lyrics to 'Something Inside So Strong'

Download the backing track to 'Something Inside So Strong'

Print off the lyrics for Lean on Me

Gospel Music Crossword

End of unit review (Gospel Music) Word Template

Print off the end of unit assessment criteria

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CLASSICAL MUSIC (1750-1810/27)

Are you unsure how to lay out your word processed work? Download this guide: or download this template

Listen to a MIDI file of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart

Lots of great sites about Classical music (the first one is particularly good!)

General Site

Lots of links

For all things Mozart

More about Mozart

Classical Music / Mozart Crossword

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Spring Term

SAMBA DRUMMING

Useful information on Samba in general

Nice site about the actual drums

More sites you might like to check out

Website of the Notting Hill Carnival

Samba Music Crossword

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TURKISH MUSIC

Download the 'Taksim' worksheet

Print off the music to Üsküdara Gideriken

Download the Eartha Kitt version of Üsküdara Gideriken

Visit www.earthakitt.com

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STRUCTURE IN MUSIC

You will find lots of links about Structure in music (and much more) here:

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MUSIC IN ADVERTS

Click on the following links to view 3 adverts without sound:

You will need either Windows media player (second one) or Quicktime (1st and third) to view them.

Use these links:

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Autumn Term

WRITING A POP SONG

Print off the music for 'Love is all around'

Print off the music to 'Wonderful World'

Writing a pop song chord sheet

Visit 'The Muse's Muse' Website for lots of Songwriting tips

Pop Music Crossword

End of unit review (Pop Music) Word Template

Pop song feedbackform

Print off the end of unit assessment criteria

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ROMANTIC MUSIC (1810/27-1900)

Lots of great sites about Romantic music (the first one is particularly good!)

Good general information

With audio too.

About the history of brass instruments

Then test your knowledge of brass instrument history with this online test!

Listen to the Funeral March by Chopin

Listen to the Minute Waltz by Chopin

Listen to "Ride of the Valkyrie" by Wagner

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Spring Term

FILM MUSIC

Go to Filmmusic.com

Film Music Magazine

The website of Hans Zimmer

Mark sheet for end of unit assessment

End of unit review sheet

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RUSSIAN FOLKSONG

Print off the words for ÐžÑ‡Ð¸ Ð§Ñ‘Ñ€Ð½Ñ‹Ðµ (Ochi Chorniye, Dark Eyes)

Print off the music for ÐžÑ‡Ð¸ Ð§Ñ‘Ñ€Ð½Ñ‹Ðµ (Ochi Chorniye, Dark Eyes)

Click here to view other Russian songs and to hear them too (.mp3 format)

Print off the music for Kalinka

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AVANTE-GARDE

Great site with loads of links

Check out the site of the lae John Cage

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ROCK AND ROLL

Useful links page for Rock and Roll (esp. time-line)

Who could miss http://www.elvis.com/ !!!

Print off the lyrics for Hound Dog

Print off the lyrics for Tutti Frutti

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GCSE and A Level

If you need to contact me via e-mail during the week (or to send me some work) click here

General links

Click here to print off manuscript paper

An excellent online free music dictionary

A useful GCSE student page

A LEVEL PERFORMANCE STUDIES

Gershwin Audio file for learning your songs:

(right click and 'save as' to get the files). They are all mp3s. If there is a problem, email me on paul@tkachenko.co.uk and I'll sort it for you.

NOTE: Sorry it took a while. Any problems or missing links, just email.

Our love is here to stay vocal

Our love is here to stay instrumental

Isn't it a pity vocal

Isn't it a pity instrumental

Oh lady be good vocal

Oh lady be good instrumental

Biding my time vocal

How long has this been going on vocal

How long has this been going on instrumental

I got rhythm vocal

I got rhythm instrumental

They all laughed

I was doing alright vocal

I was doing alright instrumental

A foggy day vocal

A foggy day instrumental

Nice work if you can get it vocal

Nice work if you can get it instrumental

Swonderful vocal

Swonderful instrumental

Music for combined project

Specific syllabus links

Link to the OCR (Exam board) GCSE music page

A summary of what is required of you for GCSE music

Link to the OCR (Exam board) AS/A Level music page

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Guides and Tutorials

Basic Jazz Harmony Guide

MicroLogic Tutorial

Finale Tutorial

Internet resources for GCSE Area of Study 1:

Chat forum for Area of Study 1

Very good resource for finding out about classical composers (and downloading free, legal mp3s and MIDI files)

Jewish Music site

Blues

Dixieland

Waltz (Viennese) about Strauss - to get you started

Those wishing to write a pop ballad should look at my Jazz harmony guide

Lots of good song writing advice can be found here also visit 'The Muse's Muse' Website for lots of Songwriting tips

General Theory Information:

About key signatures

Internet resources for Aural Training:

Ear Training Program

Great site for all kinds of things - check out the section on intervals

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BTEC PERFORMING ARTS

Link to the Edexcel website where you can find details about the course (p.167 onwards in particular in the specification for the Musical Theatre section)

Link to my overview of Unit A6 in Musical Theatre and how it relates to what we are doing:

VAROUS SONG SHEETS

Boom Chicka Boom

Kumala Vista

Angelina

The Rattlin' Bog

Demis Roussos Medley

MUSICAL THEATRE (Unit A6)

Task A6.1

MUSIC HALL

A few useful sites about Music Hall

A history of Music Hall and Variety