A bundle of thorough revision notes and wider listening!

These notes will help you learn and revise Component 3 (Appraising) content for the A Level Music exam, specifically concerning the area of study:

Area of Study 4: Popular Music and Jazz

This resource includes:

  • Historical and stylistic context of the set work and key vocabulary.
  • Detailed key information regarding all musical elements relevant to the set work: sonority, instrumentation, texture, structure, melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, metre, tempo and dynamics.
  • A* examples to give you an in-depth knowledge ready for essay and listening questions in the exam.
  • Relevant wider listening comparisons (both similarities and differences) which will be essential for higher level responses to an exam question.

Possible ways of revising this material include:

  • Highlighting key words in the notes
  • Write an essay question and see if you have remembered all the points and examples listed
  • Listening to the wider listening suggestions and seeing if you can recognise the key features listed and compare them to the piece
  • These notes are also really good for making revision cards from

They have served me well in my A Level music course and I hope they can be of benefit to you too!

There’s also plenty more where this came from, so please check out my other resources.

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