Weblinks and videos for use with 8399 – GCSE Edexcel Set Work Analysis: Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

Student Introduction

A great resource you can use to find music related to AoS 1

Bar-by-bar musical analysis

Listen to the track here:


The Scrolling Bach Project YouTube Channel

Activity 4: Use this website to complete the comparison grid (scroll down and look for each one under ‘B’).


Activity 6: Watch the following video and match the keywords relating to fugue to their definitions.

Analysis grid

Go to this website. Compare this score to the one in the GCSE Anthology. Are there any differences in dynamic markings?

Musical dictation

Familiarise yourself with intervals – pair each interval with a famous part of a song – use the videos below to help.



Listen to the following track for dictation questions:


Comparison questions

1. The unfamiliar extract, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, first movement

2. The unfamiliar extract, Handel’s Fugue No. 2 in G major, HWV 606

3. The unfamiliar extract, Bach’s Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004, giga