HSC Music 1 and 2

Anime’s Rock 1 is a collection that explores the Music taken from anime adaptations based on a manga or novel series. The first volume covers the series:  Dragon Ball Z, Fairy Tale, Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, One Punch Man and Sword Art Online, exploring the concepts/elements of music- pitch, duration/rhythm, texture, tone colour/timbre, structure/form, dynamics and expressive techniques, as well as unity and contrast.

Each chapter has aural and written activities for the student to complete.  The pages in the book have been designed as ready to go worksheets for the educator to use or it can be used as a workbook for students to complete in the classroom.  Further exploration of the Anime and its music is enhanced through aural, musicology, composition and creative writing activities.  This section requires the student to use the process of critical and creative thinking when investigating, analysing and evaluating the music.  

Suitable for:

• Year 9/10 music resources
• Aural analysis intermediate-senior  level
• Music syllabus resources stages 5-6
  

 ISBN 978 1876829 69 8

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Anime’s Rock 2 is a collection that explores the Music taken from anime adaptations based on a manga or novel series exploring the concepts/elements of music. Volume 2 covers the series: Attack on Titan, Baki, Bleach, Fate Zero, Full Metal Alchemist, Guilty Crown, Kengan Ashura, My Hero Academia, Naruto Shippuden and The Rising of the Shield Hero.

Each chapter has aural and written activities for the student to complete.  The pages in the book have been designed as ready to go worksheets for the educator to use or it can be used as a workbook for students to complete in the classroom.  Further exploration of the Anime and its music is enhanced through aural activities.  This section requires the student to use the process of critical and creative thinking when investigating, analysing and evaluating the music.  

Suitable for:

• Year 9/10 music resources
• Aural analysis intermediate-senior  level
• Music syllabus resources stages 5-6
  

 ISBN  978 1876829 81 0

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HELPFUL HINTS and handwritten format to improve HSC AURAL answers. 

Sample questions and answers for HSC Music I

Aural excerpts- for discussion and exam practice
• Study suggestions
• Practice questions
• Sample answers

- Do You have a problem?
- Creative Ways to Study Aural
- Exam strategies: writing the answer in the exam
- Suggestions for setting out your HSC Music Aural
   answers
- Always-Often-Never
- Suggested Outlines

The book available as instant download  is priced accordingly to assist students with their HSC aural music exam.
Compiled 2017

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HELPFUL HINTS and handwritten format to improve HSC AURAL answers. 

 A selection of practice questions and sample answers focusing on the concepts of music.
•  Study suggestions
•  Different ways to set out the aural answers
•  Examples of different ways to listen, write and set out the answers
•    Sample answers

The book available as instant download  is priced accordingly to assist students with their HSC aural music exam.
Compiled 2018

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ISBN 978187682551

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HELPFUL HINTS and handwritten format to improve HSC AURAL answers.
 A selection of practice questions and sample answers focusing on the concepts of music.
•  Study suggestions
•  Different ways to set out the aural answers
•  Examples of different ways to listen, write and set out the answers
•    Sample answers

The book available as instant download  is priced accordingly to assist students with their HSC aural music exam.
Compiled 2023

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ISBN 978187682872

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3rd Edition

A comprehensive study book with illustrations, questions, activities and answers within the topic Radio, Film, Television and Multi-Media.

This book is the first in a series of books that are topic based and are suitable for study in Preliminary and HSC courses of Music in the NSW BOSTES syllabi. Each topic book explores the six concepts of music- pitch, duration, texture, tone colour, structure, dynamics and expressive techniques as well as unity and contrast.

All the exercises and questions throughout are designed to be analysed at the student’s pace and not under examination conditions. They can be used to enhance practise in writing graphic notation and aural analysis. Each listening example has a main question on which to focus, as well as the inclusion of other activities which will provide a variety of ways to approach aural analysis. At the conclusion of each listening example is a summary of the unity and contrast found within the music.

We have given our own interpretation of how each question can be approached and this can be used as a guide to the analysis of the musical themes.  Written 2016

Review by Music Teachers' Association NSW in Studio magazine February 2017.

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ISBN 9781876829582

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3rd Edition

A comprehensive study book with music examples, questions, activities and answers within the topic Rock music.

This book is the second in a series of books that are topic based and are suitable for study in Preliminary and HSC courses of Music in the NSW BOSTES syllabi.
Each topic bookl explores the six concepts of music- pitch, duration, texture, tone colour, structure, dynamics and expressive techniques as well as unity and contrast.

There are two ways to approach the analysis of each excerpt in this book: - 
     Part 1: Using dot points, rhythm and graphic notation.
     Part 2: Written response in paragraph style.

All the exercises and questions throughout Rock Music are designed to be analysed at the student’s pace and not under examination conditions. They can be used to enhance practise in writing graphic notation and aural analysis.  Each listening example has a main question on which to focus, as well as the inclusion of other activities which will provide a variety of ways to approach aural analysis.   
At the conclusion of each listening example is a summary of the unity and contrast found within the music.
We have given our own interpretation of how each question can be approached and this can be used as a guide to the analysis of each musical piece.
Written 2016

Review by Music Teachers' Association NSW  in Studio magazine August 2017

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A comprehensive study book with music examples, questions, activities and answers within the topic Music for 20th and 21st Centuries.

3rd Edition

This book is the third in a series of books that are topic based and are suitable for study in Preliminary and HSC courses of Music in the NSW BOSTES syllabi.
Each topic bookl explores the six concepts of music- pitch, duration, texture, tone colour, structure, dynamics and expressive techniques as well as unity and contrast.

All the exercises and questions throughout are designed to be analysed at the student’s pace and not under examination conditions. They can be used to enhance practise in writing graphic notation and aural analysis. Each listening example has a main question on which to focus, as well as the inclusion of other activities which will provide a variety of ways to approach aural analysis.
At the conclusion of each listening example is a summary of the unity and contrast found within the music.

We have given our own interpretation of how each question can be approached and this can be used as a guide to the analysis of the musical themes. Written 2016

Review by Music Teachers' Association NSW in Studio magazine August 2017

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3rd Edition

A comprehensive study book with music examples, questions, activities and answers within the topic Australian Music.

This book AUSTRALIAN MUSIC is the FOURTH in a series of books that are topic based and are suitable for study in Preliminary and HSC courses of Music in the NSW BOSTES syllabi.
Each topic book explores the six concepts of music- pitch, duration, texture, tone colour, structure, dynamics and expressive techniques, as well as unity and contrast.

All the exercises and questions throughout AUSTRALIAN MUSIC are designed to be analysed at the student’s pace and not under examination conditions. They can be used to enhance practise in writing graphic notation and aural analysis. Each listening example has a main question on which to focus, as well as the inclusion of other activities which will provide a variety of ways to approach aural analysis.

At the conclusion of each listening example is a summary of the unity and contrast found within the music.

We have given our own interpretation of how each question can be approached and this can be used as a guide to the analysis of the musical themes.
Written 2017. 

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ISBN 9781876829766

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Finding your musical voice

This is a resource book for the student, the classroom teacher and the private studio teacher with suggestions to inspire creativity and music composition. I believe everyone is capable of writing music. Nick Cave when describing his song writing process stated, “The big problem with song-writing for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.” 

A range of exercises is included so that students can explore the possibilities of sound in terms of: pitch, duration, texture, register, tone colour, and expressive techniques. 

For ease of use 
•   Most examples and exercises are in simple keys and all exercises can be transposed to suitable keys
•   Examples in treble and bass clefs are included, this will enable all students to read and connect with the information presented
•   The words triad and chord are used interchangeably to describe three or more notes played together. 

Compiled 2018

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Investigating the concepts/elements of music. 
A resource book for secondary students

This book is the first in a series of books that explores the concepts/elements of music, which are suitable for study in all JUNIOR, INTERMEDIATE and SENIOR Secondary Music Courses in New South Wales Higher School Certificate, Queensland Certificate of Education, The Western Australian Certificate of Education, Victorian Certificate of Education, South Australian Certificate of Education, Northern Territory Certificate of Education Training, the Tasmanian Certificate of Education and New Zealand Education System. 

BOOK ONE will explore the music concept/element PITCH, which has been broken down into 14 individual chapter components: tonality, definite and indefinite pitch, intervals (contour), melodic dictation, melodic ostinato, melodic unison, harmony, harmonic rhythm, harmonic ostinato, key change, melodic phrasing, melodic range, contour and dissonance. 

Each chapter has been designed to provide the educator and student accurate listening examples that will assist in the delivery, reinforcement and study of each component of Pitch. All questions and activities are included at the end of each chapter to enhance skills in aural practice and musicianship. 

The above audio download includes music excerpts from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic Eras. This will be used to assist in the melodic dictation activities outlined in chapter four.

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ISBN: 9781876829737

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Investigating the concepts/elements of music. 
A resource book for secondary students

 This book, INVESTIGATING THE CONCEPTS/ELEMENTS OF MUSIC, is the second in a series of books that explores the concepts/elements of music, which are suitable for study in all JUNIOR, INTERMEDIATE and SENIOR Secondary Music Courses in New South Wales Higher School Certificate, Queensland Certificate of Education, The Western Australian Certificate of Education, Victorian Certificate of Education, South Australian Certificate of Education, Northern Territory Certificate of Education Training, the Tasmanian Certificate of Education and New Zealand Education System.

BOOK TWO will explore the music concept/element DURATION, which has been broken down into 10 individual chapter components: Beat, Time Signatures, Note Values and Rests, Tempo, Rhythm Part One – _Rhythm Tree, Note Groupings, Rhythm Part Two – _Cross-rhythm, Polyrhythm, Polymetre, Rhythm Part Three – _Syncopation, Rhythmic Patterns, Rhythmic Sequence, Rhythmic Ostinato, Harmonic Rhythm, Rhythmic Unison, Phrase Lengths, Playing Techniques, Rhythmic Dictation. 

Each chapter has been designed to provide the educator and student accurate listening examples that will assist in the delivery, reinforcement and study of each component of Duration. All questions and activities are included at the end of each chapter to enhance skills in aural practice and musicianship.

Over 150 artists/bands/composers are featured in the book, covering music from the 1700s to the 2000s in a wide variety of genres and styles such as: Avant Garde, Baroque, Blues, Classical, Contemporary, Country, Disco, Folk, Funk, Hip-Hop, Impressionism, Indie, Jazz, Metal, Pop, Rap, Rock, Romantic, RnB and Soul.

We have also included one chapter of material, which is based on Harmonic Rhythm, taken directly from Pitch Book 1.

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• Duration - samples
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ISBN: 9781876829575