Africa by Toto - Revision Guide 7-page revision guide Eight questions, to consolidate students’ knowledge All the key points about this set-work, summarised on one 7-page revision guide. No superfluous information - just the stuff the students need to know for the exam! Formatted in the style of a student’s revision booklet, with sticky notes, to encourage familiarity and engagement. Each page covers a new section of the song: Intro Verse 1 Chorus 1 & 2 Verse 2 Instrumental Solo Chorus 3 (&4) Outro Each page has musical examples, and clear labelling to ensure that students are ready to answer any question on this set work. Following this, there are seven 6-mark questions (ie half the marks in the exam), one for each section and one 8-mark General Knowledge at the end, totalling 50 marks. The bundle includes the full document, plus the three sections (revision, tests, mark scheme) separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the Eduqas GCSE Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

12 SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR GCSE MUSIC To support students with their long answer questions in the GCSE Music exam, here are 12 Practice Questions. The PPT is self-contained, and can be sent to students who are revising, or working remotely. All four Areas of Study from the Eduqas specification are covered, three times - 12 Questions in total - with a wide variety of music, and mood/emotions for students to link them to. Q1–4: four 4-mark essays, to be used to get students’ brains warmed up! Q5–8: four 8-mark essays, to be used when they’re nearly ready for the full answer. Q9–12: four 10-mark essays, to be used to practise for the real exam. The questions include music from the likes of Michael Giacchino, Led Zeppelin, Dusty Springfield, Britten and Sondheim. The bundle includes: 22-slide PowerPoint, with all 12 questions written out, plus reflections on all previous exam essay questions from 2018–2023. PDF of Questions and Mark Scheme together PDF of the Questions (each one being two sheets of A4, perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets) PDF of the full and detailed Mark Scheme Access to free audio Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

GCSE MUSIC – KEY MUSICAL ELEMENTS This 36-page PPT is a great way to kick off the GCSE course, providing an accessible introduction to (or refresher of!) key musical elements: Pulse Metre (including regular and irregular) Rhythm (including syncopation, off-beat rhythms, dotted rhythms and triplets) Chords (including triads and inversions) Melody-writing Basic arranging for ensemble It is expected that most students will have encountered many of these at Key Stage 3, and so whilst this PPT can act as an introduction with clear explanations, it can also act as a useful refresher, with the exercises very much aimed at Key Stage 4. Students will need access to keyboard or guitars, and notation software or manuscript paper. Update (19.09.24): I have added answers to the PPT, so that it could be used by a non-specialist teacher, or even set as cover / homework. Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

DICTATION PRACTICE (and CADENCES!) 50 QUESTIONS 25 rhythmic dictation 25 melodic dictation 25 RHYTHMIC DICTATION QUESTIONS 5 x 2-mark 5 x 3-mark 5 x 4-mark 5 x 5-mark (focussing on the four Eduqas Areas of Study) 25 MELODIC DICTATION QUESTIONS 5 x 2-mark 5 x 3-mark 5 x 4-mark 5 x 5-mark (focussing on the four Eduqas Areas of Study) …plus two bonus questions asking about key and cadence, for (nearly!) all the melodic dictation questions. I wrote this resource, because although there are many dictation resources out there, I found that they all used really long phrases, or the automatic ones just gave a series of random pitches, which aren’t actually remotely like the melodies the students will get in an exam. The 5-mark questions are from the four Areas of Study, including music by Bizet, Buddy Rich and Tears For Fears! This can be used in class, or set remotely, as the answers aren’t on the PPT. The bundle comes with: Full PPT PDF Workbook/Answer sheet PDF Mark scheme PDF of Workbook and Mark scheme together Please look at my TES shop for other resources to support the GCSE course. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Eduqas GCSE Music - Final Revision - JS Bach Badinerie [Part B] This resource contains 50 short questions, split into five sections, to focus students on main musical areas of Part of JS Bach’s Badinerie. The larger questions are: Keys [8] Cadences [9] Chords and Harmony [10] Pitches [10] Miscellaneous [13] Questions come with a clearly-labelled score, plus full mark scheme and YouTube link. Perfect for setting as an individual activity, if you need to see students separately about coursework! The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the questions and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the Eduqas GCSE course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Eduqas GCSE Music - Final Revision - JS Bach Badinerie [Part A] This resource contains 30 short questions, split into five sections, to focus students on main musical areas of Part of JS Bach’s Badinerie. The larger questions are: Keys [5] Cadences [5] General Theory [5] Pitches [5] Miscellaneous [10] Questions come with a clearly-labelled score on each page, plus full mark scheme and YouTube link. Perfect for setting as an individual activity, if you need to see students separately about coursework! The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the questions and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the Eduqas GCSE course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Many music teachers don’t feel as confident teaching Blues and Jazz at Key Stage 4, as many don’t have any background in these musics. This 100-page PPT covers Blues and Jazz, with a focus on KS4 knowledge. This resource should cover 3–4 lessons. It covers all main musical features of Blues and Jazz, including: Walking Bass Extended Harmony AABA 32-Bar Song Form Improvisation Scat Singing Blue Notes …and loads more. There are lots of min-tests throughout the course, practical activities, plus three practice exam questions at the end, worth 6, 8 and 10 marks respectively. Great examples, as YouTube videos, including diverse music by: Ana Popovic Muddy Waters Larkin Poe Freddie King Leroy Carr Duke Ellington Buddy Holly Samara Joy Mance Lipscombe Nina Simone Shakura Jimmy Rushing Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen JJ Johnson Charlie Parker Andrea Motis Ella Fitzgerald Frank Rosolino Regina Carter Wynton Marsalis Jack Teagarden Louis Armstrong Mel Tormé Cleo Laine Django Reinhardt Dizzy Gillespie Dee Dee Bridgewater John Coltrane …and Thelonious Sphere Monk! This massive resource comes as a complete 100-page PowerPoint, and an accompanying 16-page student workbook (PDF). Please look at my resources for other parts of the Eduqas GCSE course: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

50 questions on Part A of the Badinerie by JS Bach 50 short 1-mark questions, designed to cover pretty much everything that could be asked about Part A of the Badinerie by JS Bach. Includes skeleton score, link to the audio, and full mark scheme. Bundle contains: Full document (Questions, Score, and Mark Scheme) Questions and score only Mark scheme …so that you can send to students to work on remotely if necessary. Please have a look at my other resources for Eduqas GCSE Music.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 2 - INSTRUMENTATION AND RHYTHM 34-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Second in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 2 focusses on Instrumentation and Rhythm, looking at the usual, and more unusual instruments used in the song, such as recorder, marimba and gong. Clear examples and videos of each are given. The numerous rhythms features are presented clearly, with practical exercises to help students understand cross-rhythms and syncopation. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC – POP MUSIC (AoS4) A PowerPoint and accompanying Student Workbook, designed to take students through the genre of Pop Music, all within the context of listening practice, and exam-style questioning. This is Lesson 1 of a series, exploring all the Eduqas-prescribed genres of Popular music, and as such, the listening exercises are between 3 and 5 marks. This helps teachers who are less-familiar with the style, and are uncertain of which examples to use. Listening exercises on songs by: Cee-Lo Green Paloma Faith Beverley Knight PPT and Workbook both have ad-free YouTube links, with timings. Please see my TES shop for other PPTs and Workbooks in the Popular Music series, coving all prescribed styles for the Eduqas GCSE Music. Slightly updated version added on 05.11.24

A PowerPoint and accompanying Student Workbook, designed to take students through the genre of Bhangra, and Fusions, within the context of listening practice, and exam-style questioning. This is Lesson 6 of a series, exploring all the Eduqas-prescribed genres of Popular music. This helps teachers who are less-familiar with Bhangra, and provides listening examples to use. Listening exercises on music by: Trilok Gurtu Harjit Harman Panjabi MC Shaktee Respectable Groove Heavy Metal JS Bach Red Hot Chili Peppers PPT and Workbook both have YouTube links, with timings. NB If the links say that YouTube can’t find the video, just refresh, and it appears. (Don’t ask me why!) Please see my TES shop for other PPTs and Workbooks in the Popular Music series, coving all prescribed styles for the Eduqas GCSE Music.

FOUR PRACTICE COMPARISON QUESTIONS These questions were written to provide authentic examples of the comparison questions found in Eduqas GCSE Music exams (ie finding similarities and differences between extracts). They cover all four Areas of Study. Each question contains two extracts of music. The total duration of all four tests, including silences, is 43’05", perfect for a single period assessment These questions contain music by Beethoven, Björk, Chuck Berry, Lavern Baker, Aerosmith, and more! This pack contains one document with questions and answers, and separate documents for just the questions (incl. YouTube links), and just the answers, in case teachers want to set the exercises as homework. The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full mark scheme Perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets. Please contact the author for details of a free audio file.

AN END-OF-UNIT PRACTICE PAPER, COMPRESSED INTO ONE LESSON A quick (53’) exam-practice sample assessment containing 20 separate pieces of music, that can be done within one (60’) lesson. This paper focuses on Area of Study 1: Musical Forms and Devices, and includes essays, dictation and comparisons. 20 separate extracts of music covering all topics within Area of Study 1 5 Questions on JS Bach’s Badinerie 5 Questions on Baroque Music 5 Questions on Classical Music 5 Questions on Romantic Music Questions include: 3 Dictation questions 3 Comparison questions 3 Essay questions (1 x Baroque, 1 x Classical, 1 x Romantic) Each question is worth five marks, rather than the usual 12, and contains shorter extracts, each played twice. This is perfect as an end-of-unit assessment, to give students practice at exam questions, but testing them on just one Area of Study. This TES bundle includes: PDF of all 20 Questions and Mark Scheme PDF of just the 20 Questions (in case you need to set these remotely) PDF of just the Mark Scheme (ditto) Information about accessing the audio Extracts include music by Haydn, Fauré, Vivaldi, Berlioz, Stamitz, Dvorak and Ditters von Dittersdorf. This would also work well for Year 10s, as an introduction to exam-style questioning. A full, free, audio file is available from the author. Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

Sonority – Instrument Recognition Questions The GCSE Music Specification includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t covered by many of the styles of music studied. Using only music from Popular Music, this revision resource brings together every instrument, voice and ensemble (apart from “basso continuo”, for obvious reasons!) from the sub-menu “Sonority”, ie instruments, voices, and ensembles. In order to be accessible to students who really struggle with such things, there are 50 simple, 1-mark questions, which ask students to identify an instrument, voice type, or ensemble. In addition, there is also a bonus question alongside every simple question, for students who find such things easier – so 100 questions in total! So that the first group of students don’t feel like they’re underachieving, there are two different PDFs: one with just the 50 simple questions, and one with the bonus questions as well, so teachers can choose which to give their students. The questions are in ten sections: Strings Woodwind Brass Percussion Keyboards Rock and Pop Indian Voices Miscellaneous Ensembles The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 1h15’, either as one file or ten separate files: perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework. The extracts cover a wide range of Popular Music, and features music by the likes of Eva Cassidy, Led Zeppelin, Björk, Yes, Primus, Tanita Tikaram, The Meters, Minnie Riperton, Tom Waits, Genesis, Jamiroquai, Badly Drawn Boy, Freak Power, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and The Cure! The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus two PDFs of questions (50, or 100), and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the GCSE Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - ROCK MUSIC (AoS4) A PowerPoint and accompanying Student Workbook, designed to take students through the genre of Rock Music, all within the context of listening practice, and exam-style questioning. Plus, an explanation of falsetto, with a listening exercise, within the world of Pop/Rock. This helps teachers who are less-familiar with the style, and are uncertain of which examples to use. Listening exercises on songs by: Rainbow Girlschool Lenny Kravitz AC/DC Bon Jovi PPT and Workbook both have YouTube links (updated October 2023), with timings. This is Lesson 2 of a series, exploring all the Eduqas-prescribed genres of Popular music.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 3 - HARMONY AND TONALITY 26-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Third in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 3 focusses on Harmony and Tonality, looking at the chord sequences of the Verses, Choruses, comparing and contrasting them. There is discussion of slash chords, and extended harmony, and clear examples are given, alongside numerous mini-tests. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

EIGHT PRACTICE DICTATION QUESTIONS These dictation tests were written to provide authentic examples of the 5-mark dictation questions found in Eduqas GCSE Music exams. They cover the four Areas of Study, with a focus on the focus areas announced on 7th February 2022: Romantic Music Vocal Ensembles Film Music Popular music The questions come in groups of four, one for each of the categories above, and each group of four features music by musicians whose names begin with the same letter. In this pack, the musicians’ names begin with the letters A and B. The main feature of all these shorter questions is dictation, to help students practice this type of exam question, worth five marks. I have added a few additional shorter questions, totalling three additional marks, so that every question is worth eight marks, rather than the 12 in the actual exam. As these are shorter questions, to focus on dictation, the extracts are shorter (generally 20–25 seconds long), and there is less time after the question for students to complete their answers. Each listening test is approx. 5’30"-6’00" long. This pack contains one document with questions and answers, and separate documents for just the questions (incl. YouTube links), and just the answers, in case teachers want to set the exercises as homework. The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full mark scheme Perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER A This is a full practice paper for Eduqas GCSE Music, perfect for a mock exam, or just extra exam practice. There are questions on: JS Bach Badinerie Part B Romantic Music Vocal Ensembles Film Music essay Toto Africa Verse 2 and Chorus 2 Pop Music The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full and detailed mark scheme A 20-page mock paper, perfect for printing on five double-sided A3 sheets.

50 questions on JS Bach’s Badinerie (Part B) In the 2022 GCSE Music exam, question 1 will be on JS Bach’s Badinerie, Part B. Here are 50 1-mark questions, designed to cover everything that I believe could come up in the exam. Some questions are similar (eg identifying cadences and keys), and the questions are in no particular order, so that students don’t go onto auto pilot. Includes full score, link to the audio, and full mark scheme. Bundle contains: Full document (Questions, Score, and Mark Scheme) Questions and score only Mark scheme and score only …so that you can send to students to work on remotely if necessary.

**EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 1 - STRUCTURE 20-page PPT and accompaniying PDF workbook. First in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 1 focusses on structure, getting students to listen closely to the song, to deduce the different sections, and looks at grouping the sections together by key. Riff A is broken down into different parts with a practical exercise, and there are comparison exercises between the Verse and Chorus, looking at different musical elements. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.