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GCSE AQA Set Work Analysis: Santana Supernatural

Steer your students through set work study, inspiring them to discover, understand and interact with the music. Our comprehensive resources model and develop essential analysis, evaluation and critical appraisal skills – a fantastic foundation for the exam!

A fantastic resource - thank you for putting the time and dedication into it!

R Davis, Director of Music & Peer Reviewer
  1. Guided bar-by-bar analysis works through the piece in manageable sections. Support learning with regular annotated score extracts and musical concepts defined in context.
  2. Integrated consolidation tasks encourage engagement, and build confidence to apply theory independently. Answers included!
  3. Revision tools strengthen knowledge and understanding, including a one-page revision summary structured by musical element, and a comprehensive glossary.
  4. 15 practice exam questions for Section B, with detailed mark schemes – perfect preparation for the listening paper.

Ideal for integrating into your class teaching or for independent learning!

A very well written and comprehensive guide...

...Not only does [it] push hard the importance of key vocabulary, it also places importance on exam technique and recall of facts too...

...and there is some handy advice on how to access those higher grades

R Davis, Director of Music & Peer Reviewer

GCSE AQA Study Piece Analysis AoS3: Santana Supernatural Santana: Supernatural: ‘Smooth’; ‘Migra Migra’; ‘Love of my Life’

The blend of Latin rock, modern influences and Carlos Santana’s dazzling guitar playing makes Supernatural a fantastic album to study with GCSE classes. With accessible notes and definitions to ensure students get to grips with new terminology.

What do teachers say about this resource? (7205)

A very well written and comprehensive guide... I was impressed with the range of notation examples and the use of external sources... he referencing of these allows those really high ability students to do further independent reading... I also particularly liked the summary table for the musical characteristics of each piece at the end of the chapter. The examination questions looked rigorous and would challenge students’ knowledge and understanding at all levels... This resources gives students the permission to get into the ‘nitty-gritty’ of three pieces and understand the issues of each song, issues that are still prevalent and current as they were 18 years ago (US-Mexican border immigration control, family bereavement, and relationships) Not only does this resource push hard the importance of key vocabulary, it also places importance on exam technique and recall of facts too... [The resource] caters to ensure that all students are able to access the full range of marks available in this part of the specification and there is some handy advice on how to access those higher grades... Afantastic resource - thank you for putting the time and dedication into it!

R Davis, Director of Music & Peer Reviewer

Extremely detailed and structured in a really useful way. It makes planning for delivery much more manageable because I can follow the topic areas and not worry about missing anything out.

It has useful tasks and gives consolidation questions to embed knowledge. Really useful exam style questions too. Gives students in depth analysis and short ‘chunked’ activities.

The work is done for you! You can follow the structure and use the tasks as part of your lesson. Best resource I have found!

Matches [the AQA spec] perfectly.




J Burtsell, Head of Music and Customer

Inclusive and accessible - pieces are analysed in adequate depth to stretch more able candidates and allow sufficient access to lower ability. Quality of writing is excellent throughout and appropriate to the level.

J Trueman, Music Teacher & Expert Reviewer

Well laid out

P Hughes, Head of Music & Peer Reviewer