Musical Spider Charts

Subject: Music
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 14-16
Order Number: 11064

This unique and versatile set of 39 spider charts will focus the minds and ears of students preparing for the listening/appraising and history/analysis papers of music examinations, especially in the 14-18 year old age group. Covering all the main elements of music, musical periods and styles and world music, they can be used as a starting or finishing point for teaching and as a revision aide for the students themselves who can also add their own notes on the spacious layout, according to their individual knowledge.

Especially useful as signposts for the mind in listening tests where time is of the essence, they offer candidates a secure platform on which to base their answers and the main fingerprints of musical periods and styles along with world music can be used in making and evidencing decisions on music heard.

Each chart offers a clear overview of each area covered and can be teacher led or a basis upon which students can work alone. In addition to building confidence in listening work, the charts offer a secure, informed foundation on which to base answers of an analytical/historical nature on written papers. They can also be used as part of candidate preparation for the higher graded and/or diploma examinations available through the ABRSM or Trinity College of Music.