GCSE Music dictation exercises (all exam boards)

A brand new resource for all GCSE (or KS3) Music teachers, relevant to all examination boards.

Students can struggle with melodic and rhythmic dictation in the listening and appraising exam, so this resource aims to help to prepare well, including:

• 8 graded melodic dictation exercises in increasing difficulty (see cover page for details)
• 4 rhythmic dictation exercises
• varied extracts: Baroque, Classical, Romantic periods, Film music and Popular music all feature
• each dictation exercise is worth 5 marks
• 3 optional theory questions on the extracts to consolidate or stretch students
• YouTube links included in the question (copyright not owned by resource writer)
• a comprehensive mark scheme