A Level Edexcel: Practice Exercises for the Set Works
Focused revision of A Level musical elements applied to Edexcel’s Set Works
10 scaffolded exercises support students in revising and applying their knowledge of the set works to exam-style questions. For each exercise, there are:
- 1. Warm-up tasks
- Revise key musical terminology and practise aural skills
- Focus on each command word to build exam skills
- 2. Exam-style questions
- 12–14 marks worth of essential exam-style questions prepare students for Section A, Questions 1–3, worth 40% of the appraising exam
- Covers all Set Works for applied exam practice
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The technical design of the resource is well thought out and the author has consolidated the key elements of set works music in the selected examples.
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The resource is a satisfactory learning document on how to listen to the set works moving from one element to the next with clear examples to demonstrate musical technique.
Keywords
- 5 (Quintet)
- A Level Edexcel Music (9MU0)
- A Level Music
- A Level Music Set Work Exercises
- A Level Music Set Works
- And dream of sheep
- Anoushka Shankar
- Anoushka Shankar, Breathing Under Water: Burn, Breathing Under Water and Easy
- Appraising Music
- Bach
- Batman Returns
- Batman vs the Circus
- Beatles
- Beatles, Revolver
- Berlioz
- Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique: Movement I
- Bernard Herrmann, Psycho
- Birth of a Penguin Part I
- Bredon Hill
- BWV 80: Movements 1, 2, 8
- Cage
- Cage, Three Dances for two prepared pianos: No. 1
- Clara Wieck-Schumann, Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17: movement 1
- Cloudbusting
- Courtney Pine
- Courtney Pine, Back in the Day
- Danny Elfman, Batman Returns
- Debussy
- Debussy, Estampes: Nos. 1 and 2 (Pagodes and La soirée dans Grenade)
- Discovery
- Ein feste Burg
- Eleanor Rigby
- Elfman
- Excerpts from Act I no. 4 (Queen of the Night)
- Familia Valera Miranda
- Familia Valera Miranda, Caña Quema: Alla vá candela and Se quema la chumbambà
- Finale
- Fusions
- Here, there and everywhere
- Herrmann
- I want to tell you
- Inner state (of mind)
- Instrumental Music
- Introduction
- Is my team ploughing?
- J. S. Bach, Cantata
- Kaija Saariaho, Petals for Violoncello and Live Electronics
- Kate Bush
- Kate Bush, Hounds of Love
- Lady Day and (John Coltrane)
- Love and affection
- Main theme (Birth of a Penguin Part II)
- Marion
- Mistake of your life
- Mozart
- Mozart, The Magic Flute
- Music for Film
- Never see your children again
- New Directions
- On Wenlock Edge
- Petals for Violoncello
- Popular Music and Jazz
- Portman
- Prelude
- Rachel Portman, The Duchess
- Rise and fall from grace
- Ritual of Abduction
- Saariaho
- Six years later
- Stravinsky
- Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
- The Augurs of Spring
- The Cellar
- The City
- The Duchess
- The Duchess and End titles
- The Murder (Shower Scene)
- The Rite of Spring
- The Toys
- Three Dances for two prepared pianos
- Tomorrow never knows
- Under ice
- Vaughan Williams
- Vaughan Williams, On Wenlock Edge
- Vivaldi
- Vivaldi, Concerto in D minor, Op. 3 No. 11
- Vocal Music
- Wieck-Schumann