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AS / A Level Edexcel Set Work Analysis: Popular Music and Jazz

Students will build familiarity, develop analytical skills and be perfectly prepared for the appraising paper with co-teachable set work analysis resources for AS and A Level. With so many pieces to study, busy teachers and students will find the comprehensive, student-friendly notes and tailored exam practice invaluable.

Analysis

  • Accessible bar-by-bar commentary for all prescribed sections with just the right amount of detail, enhanced by musical quotations and key term definitions
  • Regular, engaging activities to maintain focus and encourage students to discover the music for themselves

The quality of writing is outstanding...

...The analyses are also outstanding...

...An excellent example of how to analyse set pieces of music

L Williams, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Exam Practice

  • Ensure students are exam-ready with Edexcel-style short-answer questions, melodic transcription practice, and essay questions
  • Marking made simple with full mark schemes!

...and more!

  • Develop contextual understanding with background information on genre, historical context, and composers & performers
  • Revision summaries and guidance on comparing music
  • Comprehensive glossary focuses students on key terminology


Popular Music and Jazz The Beatles, Revolver; Courtney Pine, Back in the Day; Kate Bush, Hounds of Love
  • Exceptionally detailed analytical commentary on each required track
  • Sample essays with valuable commentary provide a model for student responses

Use with our Wider Listening and Unfamiliar Music Guide for Popular Music and Jazz!


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What do teachers say about this resource? (9474)

The quality of writing is outstanding... The use of key words and definitions is effective... The author demonstrates substantial knowledge of both the style and specific set work and has created a vast range of questions, exercises and longer exam questions for students to use in their studies... The analyses are also outstanding... The level and depth of musical features contained within each analysis gives students the best insight into their set works. An excellent example of how to analyse set pieces of music.

L Williams, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Keywords

  • A Level Music
  • A Level Edexcel Music (9MU0)
  • Appraising Music
  • Popular Music and Jazz
  • Courtney Pine, Back in the Day
  • Inner state (of mind)
  • Lady Day and (John Coltrane)
  • Love and affection
  • Kate Bush, Hounds of Love
  • Cloudbusting
  • And dream of sheep
  • Under ice
  • Beatles, Revolver
  • Eleanor Rigby
  • Here, there and everywhere
  • I want to tell you
  • Tomorrow never knows
  • Kate Bush
  • Beatles
  • Courtney Pine
  • A Level Set Work Analysis
  • A Level Music Set Work Analysis
  • A Level Edexcel Set Work Analysis

Outstanding

L Williams, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

The level and depth of musical features contained within each analysis gives students the best insight into their set works... The use of key words and definitions is effective

L Williams, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

The author demonstrates substantial knowledge... and has created a vast range of questions, exercises and longer exam questions

L Williams, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

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