12 SAMPLE ESSAY QUESTIONS FOR GCSE MUSIC To support students with their long answer questions in the GCSE Music exam, here are 12 Practice Questions. The PPT is self-contained, and can be sent to students who are revising, or working remotely. All four Areas of Study from the Eduqas specification are covered, three times - 12 Questions in total - with a wide variety of music, and mood/emotions for students to link them to. Q1–4: four 4-mark essays, to be used to get students’ brains warmed up! Q5–8: four 8-mark essays, to be used when they’re nearly ready for the full answer. Q9–12: four 10-mark essays, to be used to practise for the real exam. The questions include music from the likes of Michael Giacchino, Led Zeppelin, Dusty Springfield, Britten and Sondheim. The bundle includes: 22-slide PowerPoint, with all 12 questions written out, plus reflections on all previous exam essay questions from 2018–2023. PDF of Questions and Mark Scheme together PDF of the Questions (each one being two sheets of A4, perfect for printing on double-sided A3 sheets) PDF of the full and detailed Mark Scheme Access to free audio Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

Eduqas GCSE Music - Final Revision - JS Bach Badinerie [Part B] This resource contains 50 short questions, split into five sections, to focus students on main musical areas of Part of JS Bach’s Badinerie. The larger questions are: Keys [8] Cadences [9] Chords and Harmony [10] Pitches [10] Miscellaneous [13] Questions come with a clearly-labelled score, plus full mark scheme and YouTube link. Perfect for setting as an individual activity, if you need to see students separately about coursework! 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

OCR GCSE MUSIC - PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER / FOCUS ON SCORES This is a full practice paper for OCR GCSE Music, perfect for a mock exam, or just extra exam practice. The main difference is that every question has a score, to focus on questions using notation, which can be an area of weakness for some students. The exam lasts c1h15’. Taking into account the topics that have come up in recent years, this exam covers the following: AoS2: The Concerto Through Time • Classical Concerto • Romantic Concerto AoS3: Rhythms of the World • Calypso • Eastern Mediterranean AoS4: Film Music • Music that has been composed specifically for a film (x2) AoS5: Conventions of Pop • Rock Anthems • Solo Artists The exam includes music by Vaughan Williams, Dionne Warwick, Duke of Iron, Henry Mancini, Sparks, 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, B and C, and Dictation Practice Questions. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

A pack of TEN sample listening assessments, formatted in the manner of Eduqas, complete with mark scheme, timings, and YouTube links. Please visit my TES shop for many more resources connected with Africa by Toto, and the Eduqas GCSE course. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

OCR GCSE MUSIC - PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER UPDATE (June 2022): the YouTube audio for Q3 has been removed from YouTube for licensing reasons beyond the author’s control. Please contact the author (email address in the PDF) for a quick and easy solution to this problem. This is a full practice paper for OCR 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: AoS2: The Concerto Through Time • The Classical Concerto • The Romantic Concerto AoS3: Rhythms of the World • India and Punjab • Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East AoS4: Film Music • Music that has been composed specifically for a film (extended response) • Music that has been composed specifically for a film AoS5: Conventions of Pop • Rock 'n’ Roll of the 1950s and 1960s • Pop Ballads of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s (part extended response) …this paper covers all those areas. The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full and detailed mark scheme A 24-page mock paper, perfect for printing on five double-sided A3 sheets. UPDATE (June 2022): the YouTube audio for Q3 has been removed from YouTube for licensing reasons beyond the author’s control. Please contact the author (email address in the PDF) for a solution to this problem.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC – PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER – WITH SCORES This is the fourth in a series of full practice papers for Eduqas GCSE Music, perfect for a mock exam, or just extra exam practice. This exam is written to practise questions that use SCORES. All eight questions have accompanying skeleton scores, with questions focussing on these, as well as more general listening. Eight questions, covering all Areas of Study, but not including the set works (JS Bach and Toto, as these are covered extensively elsewhere), or an essay. The questions include a wide range of music, written and/or performed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams Joseph Haydn Julie Andrews Count Basie John Williams Henry Mancini Dionne Warwick Sparks All questions include a slightly shorter dictation (4-marks), including melodic and rhythmic, and there is lots of practice on cadences, and comparisons between sections. 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. This TES bundle includes: • PDF of the Question Paper and Mark Scheme together • PDF of just the Question Paper (in case you need to set it remotely) • PDF of just the Mark Scheme (ditto) • A guide to accessing the free audio (timed and edited mp3) Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 4 - MELODY 38-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Fourth in a series of five lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 4 focusses on the melody of the Verses, Choruses, Riff B, Synth Solo, Electric Guitar, and the use of backing vocals. Clear examples are given, alongside numerous mini-tests, and 1-point questions. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

Africa by Toto - Revision Guide 7-page revision guide Eight questions, to consolidate students’ knowledge All the key points about this set-work, summarised on one 7-page revision guide. No superfluous information - just the stuff the students need to know for the exam! Formatted in the style of a student’s revision booklet, with sticky notes, to encourage familiarity and engagement. Each page covers a new section of the song: Intro Verse 1 Chorus 1 & 2 Verse 2 Instrumental Solo Chorus 3 (&4) Outro Each page has musical examples, and clear labelling to ensure that students are ready to answer any question on this set work. Following this, there are seven 6-mark questions (ie half the marks in the exam), one for each section and one 8-mark General Knowledge at the end, totalling 50 marks. The bundle includes the full document, plus the three sections (revision, tests, 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 Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

A WHOLE PRACTICE PAPER COMPRESSED INTO ONE LESSON A quick, exam-practice sample assessment containing 20 separate pieces of music, that can be done within one (60’) lesson. **20 separate extracts of music covering all four Areas of Study! 20 QUICK QUESTIONS 1–5: AoS1 Forms and Devices 6–10: AoS2 Music for Ensemble 11–15: AoS3 Film Music 16–20: AoS4 Popular Music Each question is worth four marks, rather than the usual 12, and contains shorter extracts, each played twice. The idea is to get as much exam practice done across all four Areas of Study, but within one lesson. Questions include: Dictation Comparison All the musical elements covered 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 Author’s email address for help with the audio Extracts include music by Elgar, Saint-Saens, Harry Connick Jr, Billie Holiday, Tiomkin, Rachel Portman, Groove Armada, Duran Duran and Dua Lipa. This would also work well for Year 10s, as an introduction to exam-style questioning. Audio solution available by contacting the author. Please have a look at my other GCSE Music resources. Thank you!

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - PRACTICE / MOCK EXAM PAPER A This is a full practice paper for Eduqas GCSE Music, perfect for a mock exam, or just extra exam practice. There are questions on: JS Bach Badinerie Part B Romantic Music Vocal Ensembles Film Music essay Toto Africa Verse 2 and Chorus 2 Pop Music The document comes complete with: YouTube links with exact timings for all musical examples Full and detailed mark scheme A 20-page mock paper, perfect for printing on five double-sided A3 sheets.

The most thorough and detailed analysis of Africa by Toto available, the only analysis written in connection with the Full Score, enabling both teacher and student to understand the song fully. It has been written in an engaging and approachable manner, with full, detailed explanations of the song’s harmony, structure and individual instruments’ roles, using musical examples not available anywhere else. This is the only analysis you will need in order to get inside one of the greatest songs ever written. This analysis references the full score, transcribed by Patrick Johns, available on Sheet Music Plus. (For copyright reasons, it can’t be sold on TES).

Sonority – Instrument Recognition Questions The GCSE Music Specification 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. Using only music from Popular Music, this revision resource brings together every instrument, voice and ensemble (apart from “basso continuo”, for obvious reasons!) from the sub-menu “Sonority”, ie instruments, voices, and ensembles. In order to be accessible to students who really struggle with such things, there are 50 simple, 1-mark questions, which ask students to identify an instrument, voice type, or ensemble. In addition, there is also a bonus question alongside every simple question, for students who find such things easier – so 100 questions in total! So that the first group of students don’t feel like they’re underachieving, there are two different PDFs: one with just the 50 simple questions, and one with the bonus questions as well, so teachers can choose which to give their students. The questions are in ten sections: Strings Woodwind Brass Percussion Keyboards Rock and Pop Indian Voices Miscellaneous Ensembles The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 1h15’, either as one file or ten separate files: perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework. The extracts cover a wide range of Popular Music, and features music by the likes of Eva Cassidy, Led Zeppelin, Björk, Yes, Primus, Tanita Tikaram, The Meters, Minnie Riperton, Tom Waits, Genesis, Jamiroquai, Badly Drawn Boy, Freak Power, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and The Cure! The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus two PDFs of questions (50, or 100), 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 Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Eduqas GCSE Music - Final Revision - JS Bach Badinerie [Part A] This resource contains 30 short questions, split into five sections, to focus students on main musical areas of Part of JS Bach’s Badinerie. The larger questions are: Keys [5] Cadences [5] General Theory [5] Pitches [5] Miscellaneous [10] Questions come with a clearly-labelled score on each page, plus full mark scheme and YouTube link. Perfect for setting as an individual activity, if you need to see students separately about coursework! 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

Harmony, Form and Structure The GCSE Music Specification 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. Many students struggle with recognising musical elements, especially cadences, chord inversions, and other elements of harmony, form and structure, so this resource comprises 17 short extracts of music, five of which have skeleton scores, as in the exam. Each extract has four questions attached, covering all the terms associated with Harmony, Form and Structure: HARMONY Primary chords Secondary chords Inversion Diatonic Tonic Subdominant Dominant (7th) Perfect cadence Imperfect cadence Plagal cadence Interrupted cadence Chord progression/chord sequence Harmonic rhythm Drone Pedal Dissonance Power chords FORM AND STRUCTURE Binary Ternary Rondo Minuet and Trio Repetition Contrast Theme and variations Strophic 32 bar song form/AABA 12 bar Blues Call and response Ostinato Bridge Break Loop Improvisation Verse Chorus Middle 8 Fill Introduction Outro Coda Riff Regular phrasing Irregular phrasing The extracts cover a wide range of music, featuring the likes of Joan Jett, Mahler, Primus, Jimmy Rushing, Mel Tormé, Carly Simon, Henry Mancini, Katrina & the Waves, and Blu Cantrell. The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 38’20”. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the PDF question paper 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 Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

Musical Styles – Tonality – Tempo – Rhythm – Dynamics The GCSE Music Specification 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. Many students struggle with recognising musical elements on a printed score, so this resource comprises 20 short extracts of music, 17 of which have skeleton scores, as in the exam. Each extract has four questions attached, covering the terms associated with: Musical Styles Tonality Tempo Rhythm Dynamics The extracts cover a wide range of music, featuring music from the likes of Abba, Count Basie, Anthrax, Tupac, Berlioz, Whitney Houston, Al Green, JS Bach, Pluto Shervington, Sting, and Dame Judi Dench! The resource comes with a link to FREE audio, running for 37’, either as one file or 20 separate files: perfect for a revision lesson, or as homework. The bundle includes the full paper and mark scheme, plus the PDF question paper 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 Music course. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

**EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 1 - STRUCTURE 20-page PPT and accompaniying PDF workbook. First in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 1 focusses on structure, getting students to listen closely to the song, to deduce the different sections, and looks at grouping the sections together by key. Riff A is broken down into different parts with a practical exercise, and there are comparison exercises between the Verse and Chorus, looking at different musical elements. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 2 - INSTRUMENTATION AND RHYTHM 34-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Second in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 2 focusses on Instrumentation and Rhythm, looking at the usual, and more unusual instruments used in the song, such as recorder, marimba and gong. Clear examples and videos of each are given. The numerous rhythms features are presented clearly, with practical exercises to help students understand cross-rhythms and syncopation. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

This is a PowerPoint version of the full, accurate, detailed analysis of Africa by Toto, available on TES as a PDF. It covers all aspects of the song Africa, part of the Eduqas GCSE Music syllabus. Harmony, arrangement, voicings, structure - everything is explained in accessible detail, with bespoke musical examples unavailable elsewhere (except the PDF, of course!). Written in conjunction with the Ten Sample Listening Tests (available on TES) and the Full Score (available on Sheet Music Plus, for copyright reasons).

EDUQAS GCSE MUSIC - AFRICA BY TOTO LESSON 3 - HARMONY AND TONALITY 26-page PPT and accompanying PDF workbook. Third in a series of six lessons designed to cover every aspect of the set work, Africa by Toto. Lesson 3 focusses on Harmony and Tonality, looking at the chord sequences of the Verses, Choruses, comparing and contrasting them. There is discussion of slash chords, and extended harmony, and clear examples are given, alongside numerous mini-tests. There is a 10-mark exam-style question at the end, to consolidate the learning. Please see my TES shop for other resources designed to support the Eduqas GCSE course.

Many music teachers don’t feel as confident teaching Blues and Jazz at Key Stage 4, as many don’t have any background in these musics. This 100-page PPT covers Blues and Jazz, with a focus on KS4 knowledge. This resource should cover 3–4 lessons. It covers all main musical features of Blues and Jazz, including: Walking Bass Extended Harmony AABA 32-Bar Song Form Improvisation Scat Singing Blue Notes …and loads more. There are lots of min-tests throughout the course, practical activities, plus three practice exam questions at the end, worth 6, 8 and 10 marks respectively. Great examples, as YouTube videos, including diverse music by: Ana Popovic Muddy Waters Larkin Poe Freddie King Leroy Carr Duke Ellington Buddy Holly Samara Joy Mance Lipscombe Nina Simone Shakura Jimmy Rushing Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen JJ Johnson Charlie Parker Andrea Motis Ella Fitzgerald Frank Rosolino Regina Carter Wynton Marsalis Jack Teagarden Louis Armstrong Mel Tormé Cleo Laine Django Reinhardt Dizzy Gillespie Dee Dee Bridgewater John Coltrane …and Thelonious Sphere Monk! This massive resource comes as a complete 100-page PowerPoint, and an accompanying 16-page student workbook (PDF). Please look at my resources for other parts of the Eduqas GCSE course: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/NPTJ

50 questions on JS Bach’s Badinerie (Part B) In the 2022 GCSE Music exam, question 1 will be on JS Bach’s Badinerie, Part B. Here are 50 1-mark questions, designed to cover everything that I believe could come up in the exam. Some questions are similar (eg identifying cadences and keys), and the questions are in no particular order, so that students don’t go onto auto pilot. Includes full score, link to the audio, and full mark scheme. Bundle contains: Full document (Questions, Score, and Mark Scheme) Questions and score only Mark scheme and score only …so that you can send to students to work on remotely if necessary.