Music study guides

A complete Eduqas GCSE Music guide to Composing (Component 2): the two compositions (one to an Eduqas brief, one free), the durations and 30 per cent weighting, the marking criteria, composing to a brief, developing the free composition, and notating the folio. Confirm current requirements with your centre.

A complete Eduqas GCSE Music guide to Area of Study 3 Film Music: the purpose of film music, diegetic and non-diegetic sound, leitmotif and thematic writing, how the elements create mood and action, and composing for a moving image.

A complete Eduqas GCSE Music guide to Area of Study 2 Music for Ensemble: texture and sonority, chamber music, jazz and blues, musical theatre, and how to recognise an ensemble and its texture by ear in the appraising paper.

A complete Eduqas GCSE Music guide to Area of Study 1 Musical Forms and Devices: the structural forms (binary, ternary, rondo and more), melody, harmony and tonality, rhythm, metre and tempo, the Western Classical Tradition periods, and the Bach Badinerie set work.

A complete Eduqas GCSE Music guide to Performing (Component 1): the requirements (at least two pieces, an ensemble piece, an area-of-study link, 4 to 6 minutes, 30 per cent), solo and ensemble performance, the marking criteria, and preparing and recording the programme. Confirm current requirements with your centre.

A complete Eduqas GCSE Music guide to Area of Study 4 Popular Music: the conventions of pop and rock, the instruments and music technology, song structures, and the Toto Africa set work in depth.