GCSE AQA Music Keyword Activities

These stimulating activity packs ensure students get to grips with essential musical terminology for the 2016 Music specifications. The perfect addition to your teaching for listening and appraising.

Every key term from the spec is defined and taught through a series of engaging activities and memory games including: Match-up, Table Fill, Crosswords (plus interactive versions), Bingo, Dominoes and Flash Cards. Also includes a topic-by-topic glossary, with both blank and completed versions – great for revision!

Helps me immensely with lesson preparation time

C Powell, Director of Music & Customer

All activities are available in PDF format for easy printing. These can be copied directly onto your school network and accessed through a custom interface.

  • Varied and appealing activities build confidence and familiarity with musical language
  • Student-friendly definitions make complex terms accessible to all
  • Totally flexible – hand out worksheets to groups or individuals, in class or for homework
  • Comprehensive solutions included for easy marking – an invaluable revision tool!

Spec content is broken down into 20–30 manageable topics based on musical elements and areas of study, so you can fit the activities into any lesson.


But that’s not all...
  • Interactive audio crosswords for instruments and intervals, where clues are playable sounds – improve aural recognition
  • Visual match-ups for intervals, scales and key signatures – develop score reading skills

Previews of all types of activities provided below. Some of these activities are provided on paper; to view a sample of these from the specific resource, click on the 'Preview' button.

Composers and Performers; Dynamics; Genres; Harmony; Intervals; Keys; Key Signatures; Melody (1 & 2); Music Basics (1 & 2); Sonority (Instruments 1 & 2); Sonority (Techniques); Sonority (Voices); Structure (1 & 2); Tempo, Metre and Rhythm (1 & 2); Texture; Tonality

What do teachers say about this resource? (7064)

It helps me immensely with lesson preparation time and it helps students as the resources are written in a way that makes the information very accessible for the students.

C Powell, Director of Music & Customer