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AQA GCSE AOS 4: British Music of Arnold, Britten, Maxwell-Davies and Tavener

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

AQA Areas of Study

Exploration of the influences and characteristics of the music of Arnold, Britten, Maxwell-Davies and Tavener. This resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training exploring aspects of melodic writing, harmonic language, tonality, structure, texture, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, metre, the use of sonority, 'listening and appraising' questions and exam style questions. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

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A Level aural perception - Pack 1, exercises 1 to 4

Suitable for AQA, Eduqas, OCR and Pearson Edexcel

Classwork, tests, cover, homework, revision

Abba, Beethoven, trad. folk music, Horace Silver. Melodic dictation with rhythm provided, rhythmic dictation with melody provided, melodic range, compositional devices, modulation, locate and correct errors, spot the change in articulation, comparison of what's heard with what the notation says, identify the correct melodic line, identify the correct harmonic progression.

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AQA GCSE AOS 1: The orchestral music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

AQA Areas of Study

Teaching materials with supporting teacher notes exploring Classical period orchestral music in context, focusing on the symphonies and concerti of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training exploring aspects of melodic writing, harmonic language, tonality, structure, texture, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, metre, the use of sonority, 'listening and appraising' questions and exam style questions. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

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AQA GCSE AOS 1: The Requiem Mass of the Romantic period

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

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An exploration of Romanticism and the Requiem Mass, comparison of the Classical and Romantic Requiem based on the works of Faure, Verdi and Berlioz. The resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training exploring aspects of melodic writing, harmonic language, tonality, structure, texture, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, metre, the use of sonority, 'listening and appraising' questions and exam style questions. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

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Edexcel GCSE Appraising - Section A, question 8: AOS 3 Stage and Screen - Gaming music

Edexcel GCSE Section A, question 8

Specialist teaching resource

Materials to support students in preparing for Section A question 8 'unfamiliar' works, including elements driven aural training, score reading, practice questions with answers, featuring music by Kondo, Shimomura, Giacchino, Kyd, Wintory, Soule, Iwata, Fujii, Jackman, Karpman.

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Edexcel GCSE Appraising - Section A, question 8: AOS 3 Stage and Screen - Film music

Edexcel GCSE Section A, question 8

Specialist teaching resource

Materials to support students in preparing for Section A question 8 'unfamiliar' works, including elements driven aural training, score reading, practice questions with answers, featuring scores by Steiner, North, Herrmann, Barry, Carlos, Arnold, Williams, Shore, Newman, Desplat, Silvestri, Giacchino.

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AQA GCSE AOS 3: Contemporary British Folk Music

Specialist teaching resource for GCSE

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An exploration of today's British folk music, featuring Kathryn Tickell, Kate Rusby, Mumford and Sons, Eve Goodman, Laura Marling, Fleet Foxes and the Unthanks. The resource includes thumbprints of style, aural training exploring aspects of melodic writing, harmonic language, tonality, structure, texture, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, metre, the use of sonority, 'listening and appraising' questions and exam style questions. An additional wider listening playlist provides starting points for further questions to broaden and deepen students' understanding of style and genre.

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Edexcel GCSE Appraising - Section A, question 8: AOS 3 Stage and Screen - Musical Theatre

Edexcel GCSE Section A, question 8

Specialist teaching resource

Materials to support students in preparing for Section A question 8 'unfamiliar' works, including elements driven aural training, score reading, practice questions with answers, featuring music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Roders and Hammerstein, Loesser, Porter, Sherman bros, Coleman and Fields, Sondheim, Menken, Ashman and Rice, Elton John, Mitchell, Pasek and Paul.

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Edexcel GCSE Appraising - Section A, question 8: AOS 2 Vocal Pop and Rock

Edexcel GCSE Section A, question 8

Specialist teaching resource

Materials to support students in preparing for Section A question 8 'unfamiliar' works, including thumbprints of Pop and Rock, elements driven aural training, score reading, practice questions with answers, featuring songs by Guns n Roses, Rainbow, The Who, Eric Clapton, Queen, Joan Jett, The Beatles, Elton John, Bee Gees, Billy Joel, Gary Numan, Eurythmics, De La Soul, Oasis, Harry Styles, Rick Astley, Bon Jovi, Sam Smith.

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Elements Revision - Rhythmic devices

Useful for both classwork and self directed study

Suitable for AQA, OCR, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE specifications

Listening questions to support students' identification of syncopation, dotted rhythms, scotch snap/Lombardic rhythms, triplets, shuffle and swung rhythms, downbeat and anacrusis, polyrhythm and cross rhythm, augmentation and diminution, hemiola.