English Hymn Tunes and German Chorales
Find a book of English carols or hymns and try to re-familiarise yourself with the sounds of these by singing them, if possible, in three or four parts with other students. Now find a book of chorales, or find extracts from a German work of the late Renaissance or Baroque system and sing these too.

Dance Music of the Renaissance
Re-familiarise yourself with the forms found in the dance music of the period. For example, those dances by Susato or Praetorius are suitable and easily playable by students studying for GCSE or A/A2 music. Be aware of the changes in the dance forms and the contrasting moods of the work.

Violin Music
Look at, and listen to, the differences between the instruments commonly in use at the early part of the Renaissance and then compare them with those instruments in common use by the end of the Renaissance and the early Baroque.

Patronage in Music
Find out about Catherine de' Medici, one time Queen of France, and her patronage of the arts. What kind of patronage was in evidence in England at the time? For example, Henry VIII was a great patron of music. How did this manifest itself? Listen to some church music from England written at the same time as the Palestrina. What do you notice?