High School Music
Elements, listening, theory & fundamentals
Develop student skills for instrumental programs, general music and creative composition tasks. Engaging resources that use pop, film, jazz and classics to engage and motivate students.
Save valuable teaching time and quickly assign tasks with automatic grading & continuous reporting.
Designed for Schools
Amazing Content
A complete solution with 120 topics, each with carefully scaffolded levels and curriculum mapping. Instant feedback ensures engagement and rapid student progress.
Worksheets & Quizzes
Easily assign tasks and assignments to your students, with automatically graded questions and quick reporting. Use the included materials or create your own!
Curriculum & Resources
Save valuable preparation time with pre-mapped curriculum, questions, lessons, and instrumental support, all easily customisable. Free training included!
Beginners & Intermediate Students
Engage your students and develop their vocabulary with topics and questions that cover all the key aural and theory areas.
Pitch & Harmony
- Note Reading & writing
- Intervals, scales & chords
- Enharmonic notes
- Cadences
- Key signatures
Rhythm
- Meter and beaming
- Rhythm tapping
- Ties
- Complete the bar
Musicianship
- Terms
- Symbols
- Concepts
- Piano Keyboard
- Texture
Elements & Repertoire
- Dynamics
- Tempo
- Texture
- Articulation
Rhythm & Pitch
- Meter & Pulse
- Melodic & rhythmic dictation
- Tuning
- Rhythm styles
- Contour
Intervals, Chords & Harmony
- Cadences
- Intervals, scales & chords
- Form
- Tonality
Senior and Advanced
Senior students are well catered for with more advanced and creative content. Instructors can easily use their own materials to create bespoke exercises.
Pitch
- Advanced note reading
- Scale degrees
- 'Jazz' scales
Melodic Dictation
- Diatonic and atonal
- Functional and decorative chromaticism
- Two part melodic dictation
Jazz & Contemporary
- Harmonic dictation
- Mechanical voicings
- Embedded YouTube playback
Harmony
- Cadences
- Four-Part Writing & Figured bass
- Harmonic analysis
- Diatonic and chromatic chords
- Modulation
- Nonharmonic tones
Harmonic Dictation
- Diatonic and chromatic progressions
- 6/4 progressions
- Applied chords
- Mixture chords
- Augmented 6th chords
- Neapolitan chords
Rhythm & Dictation
- Two-part rhythmic dictation
- Advanced syncopation
- Polyrhythms
- Duplets, triplets & tuplets
Composition & Arranging
- Instrument transposition
- Instrument range
- Compositional devices
- Mechanical voicings
AP Music Theory
The included AP* Music Theory syllabus supports the new CED with levels and worksheets mapped directly to the curriculum. Hundreds of automatically assessed exam specific questions are provided in worksheets and quizzes.
High School Curriculum
Auralia & Musition includes support for many curriculum, with carefully graded drills that have been mapped to the set standards.
Band
The band syllabus is designed to cater for novice to advanced music students participating in a band based music program. The levels are structured in 3 stages - Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced, with 3 levels within each of these stages.
Jazz
The Jazz Syllabus is designed to cater for music students who have an interest in jazz and improvisation. It focuses on many fundamental jazz theory and aural training skills that will help students to develop a common knowledge and language that they can apply to their own improvising. The course does assume a basic knowledge in music notation, chord structures and scales.
GCSE
This syllabus provides content and support material for students who are preparing for the GCSE music exam. For more curriculum information, please visit http://www.nc.uk.net
Trinity
The Trinity syllabus contains content to assist students in developing skills relevant to graded examinations in the Theory of Music, and the aural component of Trinity practical exams. Please visit http://www.trinitycollege.co.uk/ for further syllabus information.
VCE
This syllabus contains content to assist students in developing the skills to prepare for the aural and theory component of VCE Music, Units 1-4, As outlined in the VCE Music Study Design, 2023 - 2027. Reproduced with permission of the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority, Victoria, Australia. Please refer to the VCAA web page for further information www.vcaa.vic.edu.au
AP* Music Theory
The AP Music Theory syllabus provides support materials for students wishing to complete the AP music exam for advanced placement/credit into college/university. Each relevant topic is broken down into 2 preliminary levels, plus an exam level.
*AP is a registered trademark of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.
MusicFirst Curriculum & Syllabi
Auralia & Musition First are Cloud solutions that allow your students to develop their musicianship and complete assessment tasks at school or home. Fully integrated into the MusicFirst Classroom, these are perfect for Band, Choir and Orchestra programs. Read more..
*Auralia First and Musition First are only available to Elementary, Middle and High Schools in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom; they have content specifically designed for those countries.