This document brings together what we know about the Section B essay question. It consists of four pages. It contains specification extracts, the two sample questions provided by Edexcel, and the answers. An explanation of the assessment objectives is made clear, and there are suggestions about how to prepare students for this part of the examination. Also included is the mark scheme. I will put together a set of essay questions with suggested answers in due course. Please follow me to receive notification of when this resource is available.

An Overview and Summary of the Section A questions. This document consists of two pages.

I have analysed the two specimen papers published by Edexcel, in conjunction with the Specification. By identifying and understanding the requirements of these specimen papers, I have been able to produce a set of resources which will prepare the students for the examination. By reading my analysis, I believe that you will be able to answer the perennial question, ‘will this be in the exam?’ with more confidence, leaving you freer to achieve your primary aim of instilling a love and appreciation of music in your students. What will you gain from the question paper analysis document? 1. Evidence of actual exam questions produced by Edexcel, broken down into sets 2. A clear sense of the style and type of question your student will receive 3. A confidence in knowing what your students need to know and the sort of questions they will answer to demonstrate their knowledge.

I have analysed the two specimen papers published by Edexcel, in conjunction with the Specification. By identifying and understanding the requirements of these specimen papers, I have been able to produce a set of resources which will prepare the students for the examination. By reading my analysis, I believe that you will be able to answer the perennial question, ‘will this be in the exam?’ with more confidence, leaving you freer to achieve your primary aim of instilling a love and appreciation of music in your students. What will you gain from the question paper analysis document? 1. Evidence of actual exam questions produced by Edexcel, broken down into sets 2. A clear sense of the style and type of question your student will receive 3. A confidence in knowing what your students need to know and the sort of questions they will answer to demonstrate their knowledge

Edexcel A Level (2016-) Help on taking notes during the lesson. Particularly handy if your students don't seem to be writing your pearls of wisdom down...

Edexcel Music GCSE (9-1) Podcast 1 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major Edexcel Music GCSE (9-1) Podcasts. Podcasts on the Edexcel Music GCSE Set Works. Podcast 1 (Bach) is free; the remaining Podcasts cost £2 each. You can buy them all as a bundle for £7.50 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-music-gcse-9-1-podcasts-1-8-12108144

I have analysed the two specimen papers published by Edexcel, in conjunction with the Specification. By identifying and understanding the requirements of these specimen papers, I have been able to produce a set of resources which will prepare the students for the examination. By reading my analysis, I believe that you will be able to answer the perennial question, ‘will this be in the exam?’ with more confidence, leaving you freer to achieve your primary aim of instilling a love and appreciation of music in your students. What will you gain from the question paper analysis document? 1. Evidence of actual exam questions produced by Edexcel, broken down into sets 2. A clear sense of the style and type of question your student will receive 3. A confidence in knowing what your students need to know and the sort of questions they will answer to demonstrate their knowledge Question focus: naming instruments/instrument families 12% (8 marks) of SAMPE section A and 9% (6 marks) of ASAMPE section A requires students to name instruments. The question is always specific: name an accompanying instrument; name an instrument that plays at the start; name an instrument playing the melody; name an instrument found in both extracts.

OCR A Level Music - improve your students' progress with this handy reminder that your pearls of wisdom should be duly noted.

Plenty of suggestions to help your students take responsibility for expanding their understanding of context and discover more wider listening for themselves.

This resource is designed to stop your students copying each other's work, and copying (uncredited) from the internet.

An explanation of the philosophy behind by my resources and how they are rooted in educational research. In teaching GCSE Music, my aim is to instil a life-long love and appreciation of music in my students. I also want them to achieve the best possible mark in their GCSE examination. My teaching philosophy is based on these desires. The publication of the new specification (2016-) provides an opportunity to revisit teaching methods and to ensure that students are being taught in the best way possible. We know, from educational research, that some teaching methods are more successful than others. The resources can be used as formative assessments. The expectation is that students will get all of the questions right because the aim is for teachers to teach to mastery. If they do not score highly then the concept should be revisited immediately to address any misconceptions. This method helps a student to ‘build a firm long-term memory of the concept being taught’ (Christodoulou, 2016).

A one-page document listing all of the resources available in my TES shop.

Resonet in Laudibus Words from the Piae Cantiones, 1582; tune by Alice Nevin, with organ part added by Olivia Sparkhall. Alice Nevin (1837-1925), lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for most of her adult life. Hymn tune composer and organist at the First Reformed Church, she edited a hymnbook which was published by the Philadelphia firm of J.B. Lippincott, Hymns and Carols for Church and Sunday School (1879). Part of the Sacred Music by Historical Women Composers Series.

Match up the element of music with its definition. An answer sheet is provided.

This is a Grade One Music Theory worksheet. The student is asked to give the definition or meaning of the musical terms required for Grade One ABRSM Music Theory. The list is taken from Taylor, Eric. 1999. First Steps in Music Theory. ABRSM. The answer sheet is provided.

Test your knowledge of some Elements of Music words and their definitions. An answer sheet is provided.

A one-page sheet consisting of questions, worth 10 marks, on 'America' from West Side Story.

This is a Grade Three Music Theory worksheet. The student is asked to give the definition or meaning of the musical terms required for Grade Three ABRSM Music Theory. The list is taken from Taylor, Eric. 1999. First Steps in Music Theory. ABRSM. This resource consists of four pages. The answer sheets are provided.

Edexcel Music GCSE (9-1) Podcast 3 Purcell Music for a while Edexcel Music GCSE (9-1) Podcasts. Podcasts on the Edexcel Music GCSE Set Works. Podcast 1 (Bach) is free; the remaining Podcasts cost £2 each. You can buy them all as a bundle for £7.50.

Edexcel Music GCSE (9-1) Podcast 2 Beethoven Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor Pathetique Edexcel Music GCSE (9-1) Podcasts. Podcasts on the Edexcel Music GCSE Set Works. Podcast 1 (Bach) is free; the remaining Podcasts cost £2 each. You can buy them all as a bundle for £7.50 here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/edexcel-music-gcse-9-1-podcasts-1-8-12108144