Music study guides

A deep-dive CCEA A-Level Music guide to the A2 Unit 3 Responding to Music. Covers the three compulsory Areas of Study (Music for Orchestra in the Twentieth Century, Sacred Vocal Music or the Mass and Requiem, and Secular Vocal Music 1600 to the present), the test of aural perception and unprepared score study, the set works, and how to revise each area for the exam.

A deep-dive CCEA A-Level Music guide to the AS Unit 3 Responding to Music. Covers the three compulsory Areas of Study (Music for Orchestra 1700-1900, Sacred Vocal Music and Secular Vocal Music), the test of aural perception and the written paper, the harmonic and analytical language they demand, and how to revise each area for the exam.

A deep-dive CCEA A-Level Music guide to the Unit 1 Performing and Appraising coursework. Covers the recorded solo recital, the viva voce, the AS Grade 4 and A2 Grade 6 standards, the assessment criteria for accuracy, technical control, interpretation and communication, and how to plan, prepare and record a recital that scores well.

A deep-dive CCEA A-Level Music guide to the Unit 2 Composing coursework. Covers the single free-brief composition, the freedom of style, resources and form, the recorded-performance submission with optional score, the marking criteria, and how to develop ideas, structure, harmony and texture into a piece that scores well.