In this pack, designed to be used with the resource, A Students Guide to Composition, students are walked through how to write a waltz, from selecting chords to creating a contrasting B section.

This resource contain a question paper, two scores and a list of audio tracks for the exam. Due to copyright I have not cut the audio but the set works are of course readily available and the section B question is free on youtube / spotify or on CD. The set works included on this paper are Section A - Psycho, Kate Bush, Se Quema la Chumbamba Section B - The Rite of Spring Section C - Schumann, Vivaldi, Bach

Run the creepy powerpoint and see if your students can solve the code from their scores before Norman arrives! A fun way to introduce score reading

A complete set of presentations and resources to take your students through this Set Work. Includes lots of listening material and a 24 page student booklet

Here you have three practice questions for section B of the paper alongside the exam boards mark scheme and a specific marking guide for each question. The resource also includes on exemplar answer written by the author. Scores for the unfamiliar listening will need to be sourced due to copyright. The author recommends Scribd. The recordings are widely available.

Seven audio tracks worth of questions in the style of section A. The audio files are included for your students to use.

Listening questions (with timings) on each of the four set works plus some general questions on The Beatles

Four cut extracts of music to accompany Section A style questions and a bonus generic questions to finish.

A series of powerpoint presentations designed to introduce your students to the fundamentals. Audio files are included to support the slide on Texture.

A brief introduction to the dance music of Latin America. The listening questions can be altered to suit any specification and musical examples are widely available on youtube.

A sheet designed to get students listening to related music, noting their musical features and comparing them to Psycho

Two questions with Youtube links for this section of the paper.

An example essay question on Psycho

14 questions in the style of Section C

Four essay questions in the style present in the exam

8 Questions in the style of the new GCSE questions Listening tracks are listed on the last page - all freely available

An end of unit test, written for the IGCSE but suitable for any KS4/5 board that includes world music

Full score for School Orchestra (including saxes) arranged at approx. grade 4.

Full score for orchestra, including saxes. Approx Grade 5 standard. Score unlocked for you to customise.