These notes will help you learn and revise Component 3 (Appraising) content for the A Level Music exam, specifically concerning the following work: Cantata ‘Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott’ BWV 80, 1st, 2nd and 8th movements (Bach) This resource includes: Historical and stylistic context of the set work and key vocabulary. Detailed key information regarding all musical elements relevant to the set work: sonority, instrumentation, texture, structure, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo and dynamics. A* examples to give you an in-depth knowledge ready for essay and listening questions in the exam. Relevant wider listening comparisons (both similarities and differences) which will be essential for higher level responses to an exam question. Possible ways of revising this material include: Highlighting key words in the notes Write an essay question and see if you have remembered all the points and examples listed Listening to the wider listening suggestions and seeing if you can recognise the key features listed and compare them to the piece These notes are also really good for making revision cards from They have served me well in my A Level music course and I hope they can be of benefit to you too! There’s also plenty more where this came from, so please check out my other resources.

These notes will help you learn and revise Component 3 (Appraising) content for the A Level Music exam, specifically concerning the following work: The Duchess’ (Opening and End titles), ‘Mistake of Your Life’, ‘Six Years Later’ and Never See Your Children Again’, from The Duchess (2008) (Rachel Portman) This resource includes: Historical and stylistic context of the set work and key vocabulary. Detailed key information regarding all musical elements relevant to the set work: sonority, instrumentation, texture, structure, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo and dynamics. A* examples to give you an in-depth knowledge ready for essay and listening questions in the exam. Relevant wider listening comparisons (both similarities and differences) which will be essential for higher level responses to an exam question. Possible ways of revising this material include: Highlighting key words in the notes Write an essay question and see if you have remembered all the points and examples listed Listening to the wider listening suggestions and seeing if you can recognise the key features listed and compare them to the piece These notes are also really good for making revision cards from They have served me well in my A Level music course and I hope they can be of benefit to you too! There’s also plenty more where this came from, so please check out my other resources.

These notes will help you learn and revise Component 3 (Appraising) content for the A Level Music exam, specifically concerning the following work: Estampes: No.1 ‘Pagodes’ and No.2 ‘La Soirée dans Grenade’ (Debussy) This resource includes: Historical and stylistic context of the set work and key vocabulary. Detailed key information regarding all musical elements relevant to the set work: sonority, instrumentation, texture, structure, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo and dynamics. A* examples to give you an in-depth knowledge ready for essay and listening questions in the exam. Relevant wider listening comparisons (both similarities and differences) which will be essential for higher level responses to an exam question. Possible ways of revising this material include: Highlighting key words in the notes Write an essay question and see if you have remembered all the points and examples listed Listening to the wider listening suggestions and seeing if you can recognise the key features listed and compare them to the piece These notes are also really good for making revision cards from They have served me well in my A Level music course and I hope they can be of benefit to you too! There’s also plenty more where this came from, so please check out my other resources.

These notes will help you learn and revise Component 3 (Appraising) content for the A Level Music exam, specifically concerning the following work: On Wenlock Edge, No.1 ‘On Wenlock Edge’, No.3 ‘Is My Team Ploughing?’ and No.5 ‘Bredon Hill’ (Vaughan Williams) This resource includes: Historical and stylistic context of the set work and key vocabulary. Detailed key information regarding all musical elements relevant to the set work: sonority, instrumentation, texture, structure, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo and dynamics. A* examples to give you an in-depth knowledge ready for essay and listening questions in the exam. Relevant wider listening comparisons (both similarities and differences) which will be essential for higher level responses to an exam question. Possible ways of revising this material include: Highlighting key words in the notes Write an essay question and see if you have remembered all the points and examples listed Listening to the wider listening suggestions and seeing if you can recognise the key features listed and compare them to the piece These notes are also really good for making revision cards from They have served me well in my A Level music course and I hope they can be of benefit to you too! There’s also plenty more where this came from, so please check out my other resources.

These notes will help you learn and revise Component 3 (Appraising) content for the A Level Music exam, specifically concerning the following work: Prelude’, ‘The City’, ‘Marion’, ‘The Muder’ (shower scene), ‘The Toys’, ‘The Cellar’, ‘Discovery’, ‘Finale’ from Psycho (Bernard Herrman) This resource includes: Historical and stylistic context of the set work and key vocabulary. Detailed key information regarding all musical elements relevant to the set work: sonority, instrumentation, texture, structure, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo and dynamics. A* examples to give you an in-depth knowledge ready for essay and listening questions in the exam. Relevant wider listening comparisons (both similarities and differences) which will be essential for higher level responses to an exam question. Possible ways of revising this material include: Highlighting key words in the notes Write an essay question and see if you have remembered all the points and examples listed Listening to the wider listening suggestions and seeing if you can recognise the key features listed and compare them to the piece These notes are also really good for making revision cards from They have served me well in my A Level music course and I hope they can be of benefit to you too! There’s also plenty more where this came from, so please check out my other resources.

These notes will help you learn and revise Component 3 (Appraising) content for the A Level Music exam, specifically concerning the following work: Breathing Under Water: ‘Burn’, ‘Breathing Under Water’ and ‘Easy’ (Anoushka Shankar) This resource includes: Historical and stylistic context of the set work and key vocabulary. Detailed key information regarding all musical elements relevant to the set work: sonority, instrumentation, texture, structure, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo and dynamics. A* examples to give you an in-depth knowledge ready for essay and listening questions in the exam. Relevant wider listening comparisons (both similarities and differences) which will be essential for higher level responses to an exam question. Possible ways of revising this material include: Highlighting key words in the notes Write an essay question and see if you have remembered all the points and examples listed Listening to the wider listening suggestions and seeing if you can recognise the key features listed and compare them to the piece These notes are also really good for making revision cards from They have served me well in my A Level music course and I hope they can be of benefit to you too! There’s also plenty more where this came from, so please check out my other resources.

Model essay based on the Edexcel A Level Music set works. This is a top band response to the following question: Evaluate Saariaho’s use of sonority, dynamics and tempi as a means of exploiting the expressive and technical potential of the cello. Relate your discussion to other relevant works. These may include set works, wider listening or other.