Ten sample listening tests for Area of Study 4 - Popular Music. Written in the style of the Eduqas GCSE Music exam. All styles listed in the Specification are covered: Rock, Soul, Hip Hop, Reggae, Ballads, Pop, Bhangra, Fusions, and a Comparison question. Artists covered include Aretha Franklin, Gnarls Barkley, The Police, A Tribe Called Quest and Earth, Wind & Fire. Written by BBC Radio 2 and 3 producer, subject expert (Ofqual and Trinity), professional musician, and classroom teacher. Please look at my other resources (Africa by Toto, and Jazz) on TES. Thank you for your interest. NB This is the slightly updated version of the resource (Feb 2022).

EIGHT PRACTICE DICTATION QUESTIONS These dictation tests were written to provide authentic examples of the 5-mark dictation questions found in Eduqas GCSE Music exams. They cover the four Areas of Study, with a focus on the focus areas announced on 7th February 2022: Romantic Music Vocal Ensembles Film Music Popular music The questions come in groups of four, one for each of the categories above, and each group of four features music by musicians whose names begin with the same letter. In this pack, the musicians’ names begin with the letters A and B. The main feature of all these shorter questions is dictation, to help students practice this type of exam question, worth five marks. I have added a few additional shorter questions, totalling three additional marks, so that every question is worth eight marks, rather than the 12 in the actual exam. As these are shorter questions, to focus on dictation, the extracts are shorter (generally 20–25 seconds long), and there is less time after the question for students to complete their answers. Each listening test is approx. 5’30"-6’00" long. This pack contains one document with questions and answers, and separate documents for just the questions (incl. YouTube links), and just the answers, in case teachers want to set the exercises as homework. The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full mark scheme Perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets.

EDUQAS A LEVEL MUSIC - JAZZ: BEBOP PRACTICE LISTENING TESTS On 7th February 2022, it was announced that students studying AoS D: Jazz would be tested on Bebop and Cool Jazz. Bebop is arguably the most difficult of the Jazz styles for students and teachers to engage with and analyse by ear, and the one for which there are fewest resources. As a Jazz nerd (and BBC Radio 2 and 3 Jazz producer), as well as classroom teacher, I’m pleased to present these sample questions, focussing on Bebop, using recordings by: Charlie Parker Miles Davis Red Norvo Claude Thornhill There are three sample Question 5s, and two sample Question 6s (comparison between two recordings). The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full and detailed mark scheme Please look out for my other Jazz resources, including “Ten Sample Assessments” and “Ten MORE Sample Assessments”, covering all the areas of Jazz in the specification. Updated version of the document uploaded on 1st April 2022. Thank you!

50 questions on Africa by Toto (Instrumental Solo and Chorus 3) 50 short questions, mostly 1-mark, designed to cover everything that could be asked about the Instrumental Solo and Chorus 3 of Africa by Toto. Includes skeleton score, link to the audio, and full mark scheme. Bundle contains: Full document (Questions, Score, and Mark Scheme) Questions and score only Mark scheme …so that you can send to students to work on remotely if necessary. Please have a look at my other resources for Africa by Toto, and other Area of Study 4 lessons and assessments.

FOUR PRACTICE COMPARISON QUESTIONS These questions were written to provide authentic examples of the comparison questions found in Eduqas GCSE Music exams (ie finding similarities and differences between extracts). They cover all four Areas of Study. Each question contains two extracts of music. The total duration of all four tests, including silences, is 43’05", perfect for a single period assessment These questions contain music by Beethoven, Björk, Chuck Berry, Lavern Baker, Aerosmith, and more! This pack contains one document with questions and answers, and separate documents for just the questions (incl. YouTube links), and just the answers, in case teachers want to set the exercises as homework. The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full mark scheme Perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets. Please contact the author for details of a free audio file.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER This is the second in a series of full practice papers for Eduqas GCSE Music, perfect for a mock exam, or just extra exam practice. In the wake of the announcement on 7th February 2022, that there would be questions on: • JS Bach Badinerie Part B • Romantic Music • Vocal Ensembles • Film Music essay • Toto Africa Verse 2 and Chorus 2 • Pop …this paper covers all those areas, with questions on orchestral music, musicals, jazz, film music and pop. The document comes complete with: • YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples • Full and detailed mark scheme • Perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets.

FOUR PRACTICE COMPARISON QUESTIONS These questions were written to provide authentic examples of the comparison questions found in OCR GCSE Music exams (ie finding similarities and differences between extracts). They cover all four Areas of Study. Each question contains two extracts of music. The total duration of all four tests, including silences, is c40 minutes, perfect for a single period assessment These questions contain music by Beethoven, Björk, Chuck Berry, Lavern Baker, Small Island Pride, and more! This pack contains one document with questions and answers, and separate documents for just the questions (incl. YouTube links), and just the answers, in case teachers want to set the exercises as homework. The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full mark scheme Perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets. Please contact the author for details of a free audio file.

A 1-page Knowledge Organiser for Verse 2 and Chorus 2 of Africa by Toto. In colour and black & white. Knowledge organiser for the Instrumental Solo and Chorus 3 is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12812458 Please see my shop for other Africa resources, including analyses and sample tests. Thanks!

A 1-page Knowledge Organiser for Solo & Chorus 3 (and 4) of Africa by Toto. In full colour and black and white. Knowledge organiser for Verse 2 and Chorus 2 is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12812461 Please see my TES shop for numerous other Africa resources. Thank you!

Melody, Metre and Texture Revision Questions Appendix C of the Eduqas GCSE Music Spec includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t covered by many of the styles of music studied. This revision resource brings together every word (apart from “leitmotif” and “thematic”, for obvious reasons!) from three of the sub-menus: Melody Metre Texture There are 20 questions, totalling 60 marks. The assessment comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 40 minutes: just press play! Perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework, or to set for some students when you need to speak to others individually. Nearly all of the extracts are from Area of Study 2: Music for Ensemble, and feature a range of music by Toots Thielemans, Norah Jones, Don Ellis, Fauré, John Tavener, Nancy Sinatra, Schubert, and many more. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the questions and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the Eduqas GCSE course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Melody, Metre and Texture - Revision Questions The GCSE Music course includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t regularly covered by many of the styles of music studied. This revision resource brings together many of the key musical terms from these three areas of GCSE Music: Melody Metre Texture There are 20 questions, totalling 60 marks. The assessment comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 40 minutes: just press play! Perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework, or to set for some students when you need to speak to others individually. The extracts feature a wide range of music by Toots Thielemans, Norah Jones, Don Ellis, Fauré, John Tavener, Nancy Sinatra, Schubert, and many more. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the questions and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the GCSE course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ NB This resource was originally written to support the Eduqas GCSE course, and is the same as the one with “Eduqas” in the title in the TES shop.

Performance Techniques, Articulation, Technology Questions For GCSE Music, there are many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify aurally, but which aren’t regularly covered by many of the styles of music studied. This revision resource brings together many of the key musical terms from three areas of GCSE Music: Performance Techniques (eg pizzicato, arco, distortion, glissando) Articulation (eg staccato, legato) Technology (eg reverb, panning, sample) There are 17 questions, totalling 50 marks. The assessment comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 37 minutes: perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework. The extracts are (almost!) all from Popular Music, and feature a range of music by Buddy Holly, Primus, Maria Muldaur, Extreme, Nitro, Queen and Bon Jovi, plus more. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the questions and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the GCSE course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ NB This resource was originally written to support the Eduqas GCSE course, and is the same as the one with “Eduqas” in the title in the TES shop.

AN END-OF-UNIT PRACTICE PAPER, COMPRESSED INTO ONE LESSON A quick (53’) exam-practice sample assessment containing 20 separate pieces of music, that can be done within one (60’) lesson. This paper focuses on Area of Study 1: Musical Forms and Devices, and includes essays, dictation and comparisons. 20 separate extracts of music covering all topics within Area of Study 1 5 Questions on JS Bach’s Badinerie 5 Questions on Baroque Music 5 Questions on Classical Music 5 Questions on Romantic Music Questions include: 3 Dictation questions 3 Comparison questions 3 Essay questions (1 x Baroque, 1 x Classical, 1 x Romantic) Each question is worth five marks, rather than the usual 12, and contains shorter extracts, each played twice. This is perfect as an end-of-unit assessment, to give students practice at exam questions, but testing them on just one Area of Study. This TES bundle includes: PDF of all 20 Questions and Mark Scheme PDF of just the 20 Questions (in case you need to set these remotely) PDF of just the Mark Scheme (ditto) Information about accessing the audio Extracts include music by Haydn, Fauré, Vivaldi, Berlioz, Stamitz, Dvorak and Ditters von Dittersdorf. This would also work well for Year 10s, as an introduction to exam-style questioning. A full, free, audio file is available from the author. Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC – HIP HOP (AoS4) A PowerPoint and accompanying Student Workbook, designed to take students through the genre of Hip Hop, all within the context of listening practice, and exam-style questioning. This is Lesson 5 of a series, exploring all the Eduqas-prescribed genres of Popular music, and as such, the listening exercises are between 6 and 8 marks. This helps teachers who are less-familiar with the style, and are uncertain of which examples to use. The PPT also includes explanations of terms from Eduqas’ Appendix C: Sampling Reverb Phasing Looping Panning Balance Listening exercises on songs by: Biz Markie Akala Queen Latifah A Tribe Called Quest …and more. Please see my TES shop for other PPTs and Workbooks in the Popular Music series, coving all prescribed styles for the Eduqas GCSE Music.

A PowerPoint and accompanying Student Workbook, designed to take students through the genre of Bhangra, and Fusions, within the context of listening practice, and exam-style questioning. This is Lesson 6 of a series, exploring all the Eduqas-prescribed genres of Popular music. This helps teachers who are less-familiar with Bhangra, and provides listening examples to use. Listening exercises on music by: Trilok Gurtu Harjit Harman Panjabi MC Shaktee Respectable Groove Heavy Metal JS Bach Red Hot Chili Peppers PPT and Workbook both have YouTube links, with timings. NB If the links say that YouTube can’t find the video, just refresh, and it appears. (Don’t ask me why!) Please see my TES shop for other PPTs and Workbooks in the Popular Music series, coving all prescribed styles for the Eduqas GCSE Music.

**OCR GCSE MUSIC - PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER ** This is a full practice paper for OCR GCSE Music, perfect for a mock exam, or just extra exam practice. Taking into account the topics that have come up in recent years, this exam covers the following: AoS2: The Concerto Through Time The Baroque Solo Concerto The Baroque Concerto Grosso AoS3: Rhythms of the World Indian Classical Music Israeli Folk Dance AoS4: Film Music Music that has been composed as a soundtrack for a video game (extended response) Music that has been composed specifically for a film AoS5: Conventions of Pop Rock Anthems of the 1970s and 1980s (part extended response) Solo Artists from 1990 to the present day The exam includes music by JS Bach, Rachel Portman, Gurdev Singh, Taylor Swift, Grant Kirkhope, and more! The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full and detailed mark scheme A 16-page mock paper, perfect for printing on four double-sided A3 sheets. A full edited, timed, voiced mp3 to accompany this exam is available directly from the author. Please visit my shop to see other resources, including OCR GCSE Music Paper A, and Dictation Practice Questions.

OCR GCSE MUSIC - PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER This is a full practice paper for OCR GCSE Music, perfect for a mock exam, or just extra exam practice. The exam lasts 1h15’. Taking into account the topics that have come up in recent years, this exam covers the following: AoS2: The Concerto Through Time Baroque Concerto Romantic Concerto AoS3: Rhythms of the World Samba Calypso (extended response) AoS4: Film Music Music that has been composed as a soundtrack for a video game Music that has been composed specifically for a film AoS5: Conventions of Pop Ballads of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s (part extended response) Rock ’n’ Roll of the 1950s and 1960s The exam includes music by Elgar, Dolly Parton, Winifred Phillips, Erich Korngold, The King, Leopold Mozart, and more! The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full and detailed mark scheme An 18-page mock paper, perfect for printing on five double-sided A3 sheets. A free, fully edited, timed, voiced mp3 to accompany this exam is available directly from the author. Please visit my shop to see other resources, including OCR GCSE Music Papers A and B, and Dictation Practice Questions.

Ten Jazz listening questions for A Level students, focussing on wider (previously unheard) listening. Five 10-mark questions, and five 20-mark questions, including a comparison and essay. Complete with full Mark Schemes, YouTube links, and timings. Please also look out for the “A Level Music - Jazz - Ten MORE Sample Questions” document, on TES. These tests are the same as those in the “Eduqas A Level Music AoS4 Jazz: Ten Sample Listening Questions” document, and therefore follow Eduqas-style questions. Following feedback from teachers teaching other syllabi, I’ve re-published them as general wider listening tests for A Level students. Written by a BBC Radio 2 and 3 Jazz producer, and teacher (and Jazz nerd).

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC – SOUL (AoS4) A PowerPoint and accompanying Student Workbook, designed to take students through the genre of Soul, all within the context of listening practice, and exam-style questioning. This is Lesson 4 of a series, exploring all the Eduqas-prescribed genres of Popular music, and as such, the listening exercises are between 6 and 10 marks. This helps teachers who are less-familiar with the style, and are uncertain of which examples to use. Listening exercises on songs by: Etta James Otis Redding Barry White Billy Joel Marvin Gaye PPT and Workbook both have ad-free YouTube links, with timings. NB If the links say that YouTube can’t find the video, just refresh, and it appears. (Don’t ask me why!) Please see my TES shop for other PPTs and Workbooks in the Popular Music series, coving all prescribed styles for the Eduqas GCSE Music.

Performance Techniques, Articulation, Technology Questions Appendix C of the Eduqas GCSE Music Spec includes many terms that students need to know, and be able to identify, but which aren’t covered by many of the styles of music studied. This revision resource brings together every word (apart from “divisi”, for obvious reasons!) from three of the sub-menus: Performance Techniques Articulation Technology There are 17 questions, totalling 50 marks. The assessment comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 37 minutes: perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework. All (but one!) of the extracts are from Area of Study 4: Popular Music, and feature a range of music by Buddy Holly, Primus, Maria Muldaur, Extreme, Nitro, Queen and Bon Jovi, plus more. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the questions and mark scheme separately, in case you want to set it remotely. Please have a look at my shop for a wide variety of resources to support the Eduqas GCSE course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ