AQA GCSE Music Listening Tests - Softcover

Andrew S Coxon, Philip Taylor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906178895 ISBN 13: 9781906178895

Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

This book contains a series of questions that will help you to prepare fully for Unit 1 (Listening to and Appraising Music) of your GCSE Music exam. It has been carefully written by experienced teachers and examiners to match the requirements of the new AQA GCSE Music specification (for first teaching in 2009 and first exam 2011). It can be used for coursework, or for revision and preparation in the final weeks before your exam. It includes listening questions which test your knowledge of the three Strands of music in the AQA specification: The Western Classical Tradition, Popular Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries, and World Music. There are analysis and sample questions covering the five Areas of Study: Rhythm & Metre, Harmony & Tonality, Texture & Melody, Timbre & Dynamics, and Structure & Form. You will also find composing and performing ideas based on the music that you hear, helpful hints and advice to enable you to do your best, and a comprehensive glossary that explains all of the terms you need to know. The Teachers Guide, providing answers to all of the questions and a full track listing, is also available. All tracks for these tests are available to download via iTunes.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew S. Coxon is a practising classroom music teacher with 40 years experience, currently teaching part-time at the Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton, still covering music from Year 7 to A level. Until taking retirement from full-time teaching, he had been Head of Department in three secondary schools, most notably West Denton High School in Newcastle. In all, he was involved in annual musical productions and ran a wide range of instrumental and vocal groups. He has been involved in examination work with one of the major examining boards for 36 years and has held senior posts at GCSE and A level for some time. Examining work includes examined assessment and moderation of coursework. He recently co-authored two student books for new music specifications, one for GCSE, the other for AS/A2. He is an experienced composer and arranger, actively making music in a variety of ways, inside and outside school. Philip Taylor is a freelance teacher, examiner and pianist. He has been a classroom music teacher for more than 20 years, most recently as director of music at Rishworth School, Yorkshire. Since leaving full-time teaching, he has taught music education and keyboard skills at Huddersfield University. He is a repetiteur and animateur for the education wing of Opera North, bringing the world of opera to young people around the north of England. He has been an examiner since 1985, and a senior examiner since 1996.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rhinegold Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1906178895
• ISBN 13: 9781906178895
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96