AS / A Level Edexcel Practice Exercises for Listening: Vocal Music

Covers Edexcel's Musical Elements:
  • Melody
  • Harmony
  • Tonality
  • Structure/form
  • Sonority
  • Texture
  • Tempo, metre and rhythm
  • Dynamics and articulation

Take the mystery out of unfamiliar listening!

Essential packs prepare students for Question 5 (Section B) of the exam. Students can’t know what music will come up in the exam, but they can have all of the analytical tools at their disposal!

The quality of writing is very good

L Williams, Teacher & Expert Reviewer






Each resource contains 10 exercises packed with practice on each of Edexcel’s Areas of Study that gradually build in difficulty:

  1. Start with warm-up exercises to build confidence
  2. Proceed to longer-answer questions to improve technique
  3. Progress naturally to exam-style questions to apply knowledge

As students work through each of the carefully structured tasks they will:

  • revise key terminology
  • listen to music analytically
  • improve their aural skills
  • draw links between works

Easy to set and quick to mark!

Area of Study 1: Vocal Music

Students will explore a wide range of vocal music from Handel to Bizet as they develop essential aural and analytical skills.

Fully co-teachable! ‘AS extension’ and ‘A Level only’ tasks provided to teach late Romantic and twentieth-century music!

The perfect companion to our Wider Listening and Unfamiliar Music guide for Vocal Music!

What do teachers say about this resource? (8395)

The quality of writing is very good, with a range of question types and understanding of the use of key musical features as well as key musical vocabulary... Homework 10 is particularly good and constructive.

L Williams, Teacher & Expert Reviewer