GCSE AQA Practice Questions for Musical Notation
Hone students' Section A aural skills with 30 exam-style questions, specifically designed for Component 1 of the GCSE AQA exam.
Very similar in style to the specimen paper examples
Use for exam practice at the end of the course, or as starter activities throughout, so student develop their melodic and rhythmic transcription skills
Includes:- Ready-to-use exercises with extracts covering all four areas of study:
- Western classical tradition 1650–1910
- Popular music
- Traditional music
- Western classical tradition since 1910
- Activity suggestions to develop listening and transcription skills
- Answers for every question for easy marking
- Differentiated activities are signposted:
- several activities have extra scaffolding - use at the beginning or to support learners that need more help
- some activities are flagged as stretch and challenge to use after the others, or by more experienced students
The advice in the students introduction is superb
Versatile! Embed into your SoW as starters, plenaries or homework activities!
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What do teachers say about this resource? (8565)
I really like the range of questions and the variety of genres and different musical styles that are addressed... The presentation of each question is very good with regard to how a comparable question on an exam paper would look. This should ensure that, even visually, students become accustomed to what to expect... The advice in the students introduction is superb and will go a long way to serving pupils of all abilities... The range of questions on offer throughout the resource and the skills that it challenges are a very good match for the exam specification.... Great for enhancing musical learning across all aspects of a music course!
A useful resource... It gives [students] the opportunity to go through several GCSE-style exam questions and experience the pressure of real-time conditions.
Good! A useful resource for helping students to prepare for these questions in the exam... very similar in style to the specimen paper examples.