AS / A Level Edexcel Practice Exercises: New Directions

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!

There is nothing I dislike!

S Lopez Figueroa, Music Teacher & Peer 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

Very good, high quality... Approachable yet theoretically and technically accurate and informative

G Capra, Teacher & Expert Reviewer

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 6: New Directions

Prepare students for the twists and turns of twentieth-century music with essential practice from the pioneering composers such as Cage, Bartòk and Stravinsky.

Fully co-teachable! ‘AS extension’ and ‘A Level only’ tasks provided!

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

What do teachers say about this resource? (9095)

Very good, high quality... The resource is a good example of how to analyse… Approachable yet theoretically and technically accurate and informative.

G Capra, Teacher & Expert Reviewer

Very well structured, with clear expectations and guidelines for students as well as good choice of distinctive repertoire... The resource provokes discussion about music and history and helps to contextualise music beyond the superficial judgement of tastes... It encourages curiosity to discover new music... There is nothing I dislike!

S Lopez Figueroa, Music Teacher & Peer Reviewer