The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2022-23 cohort in the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 3 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: • Starting point • Vocals? (Relating to the poem in the brief) • Questions to consider • Potential elements, techniques and resources • Inspiration Pieces (both to support the brief and poem) • Challenge (Stretch) • Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the customers responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2022-23 cohort in the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 4 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: • Starting point • Fusion music (inc. Afrobeat and Jazz Fusion) • Questions to consider • Potential elements, techniques and resources • Examples of Fusion Music • Challenge (Stretch) • Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the cutomers responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

In many new GCSE specifications the weighting for the music listening and analysis exam is double what it was previously. It is therefore imperative that students have a grasp of key musical terms and vocabulary before entry to the GCSE course. The Literacy Pyramid is a starting point for KS3 and GCSE students to have the constant reminder of the key terms and vocabulary and their meanings. They Literacy Pyramid is best printed on card, laminated and then assembled into a square based pyramid to allow a 3D focal point to student's tables. The Literacy Pyramid covers the following areas: - Tonality - Melody - Harmony - Notation - Stave and Keyboard - Tempo - Structure and Form - Dynamics -Texture It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

This fantastic resource contains four AoS 4 practice questions for the Section A of the AQA Component 1: Understanding Music exam that students will sit as part of the assessment for the AQA GCSE Music (9-1) qualification. The questions are worded in the AQA manner that will suitable prepare students for their examination. This resource is accompanied with a comprehensive mark scheme to accompany each of the questions. Download will include two pdf documents: A 5 page question document (page 5 is blank due to preview reasons) A 5 page answer document (page 5 is blank due to preview reasons) The four pages of questions have a question covering each of the four topics: The Orchestral Music of Copland British music of Arnold, Britten, Maxwell-Davies and Tavener The orchestral music of Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók Minimalist music of John Adams, Steve Reich and Terry Riley Audio files – Unfortunately, for copyright reasons, this resource does not have an accompanying audio CD or sound files. In the Questions document there are YouTube links to the recordings used and the track timings. For best results teachers can download the tracks and use software to create their own CD to accompany this AoS 4 Practice Questions document. This AoS 1 Practice Questions document could be used as a mock paper to prepare the Year 11 students for their Component 1: Understanding Music Exam or given individually as home learning for the students to complete for revision purposes.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2017-18 cohort in the new AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 4 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: - Starting point - Technology - Questions to Consider - Potential elements, techniques and resources - Technology based pieces/albums - Challenge (Stretch) - Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2017-18 cohort in the new AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 2 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: - Starting point - Bill Baily’s Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra - 1970s Cop Music - Questions to Consider - Potential elements, techniques and resources - Existing TV Crime Theme Tunes - Challenge (Stretch) - Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2018-19 cohort in the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 3 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: •Starting point •What type of dance? •Questions to Consider •Potential elements, techniques and resources •Recommended listening •Challenge (Stretch) •Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2018-19 cohort in the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 2 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: •Starting point •Struggle writing vocals why not overture? •Questions to Consider •Potential elements, techniques and resources •Musical pieces to consider •Challenge (Stretch) •Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2018-19 cohort in the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 4 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: •Starting point •Cell, augmentation and diminution •Questions to Consider •Potential elements, techniques and resources •Minimalistic pieces •Challenge (Stretch) •Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2017-18 cohort in the new AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 3 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: - Starting point - Ostinato - Questions to Consider - Potential elements, techniques and resources - Recommend Listening - Challenge (Stretch) - Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold the students who are targeted 8/9 in Music however do not yet have a grasp of the compositional techniques to access this. This document contains two A5 differentiated sheet focusing on Phrasing and Articulation. It provides a STRETCH document to challenge the more able and provides questions to stimulate the compositional process. There is also a SUPPORT document which provides basics as well as techniques that can be applied independently. The STRETCH document provides four techniques: - Tenuto - Slur - Marcato - Advanced Phrasing The SUPPORT document has four sections on: - Pizzicato and Arco - Accent - Legato and Staccato - Four Bar Phrases You can preview some of these techniques and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.

The resource was designed to scaffold all students on their Composition 1: Composition to a Brief for the 2018-19 cohort in the AQA GCSE 9-1 specification. The resource is a starting point to provide support and also challenge for Brief 1 provided by AQA this year. The A4 document goes through different possibilities for the students with information on the following: Starting point How do we showcase the qualities? Questions to Consider Potential elements, techniques and resources Pieces where the instrument is showcased Challenge (Stretch) Support You can preview some of these boxes and the information it contains. The full resource will be on page two of the document. It is the responsibility to check through this resource and target it to specific students against their target grade and exam board specification. This resource has been tailored towards the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Specification.