Find the full specification here:

https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/music-j536-from-2016/specification-at-a-glance/

Grade descriptors:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/grade-descriptors-for-gcses-graded-9-to-1/grade-descriptors-for-gcses-graded-9-to-1-music

Performance and Composition Criteria below

Areas of Study

1. My Music: focus on your instrument/voice, perform, understand techniques, idioms, standard repertoire and role within broader musical contexts (ensemble, genres etc)

2. Concerto through time: 

• the Baroque Solo Concerto
  
• the Baroque Concerto Grosso 
• the Classical Concerto
• the Romantic Concerto
  

3. Rhythms of the World

• Indian Classical Music and traditional Punjabi Bhangra
  
• Traditional Eastern Mediterranean and Arabic folk rhythms, with particular focus on traditional Greek, Palestinian and Israeli music 
  
• Traditional African drumming
  
•  Traditional Calypso and Samba
  

4. Film Music 

• music that has been composed specifically for a film
  
• music from the Western Classical tradition that has been used within a film
  
• music that has been composed as a soundtrack for a video game
  

5. Conventions of Pop

• Rock ‘n’ Roll of the 1950s and 1960s
  
• Rock Anthems of the 1970s and 1980s
  
• Pop Ballads of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
  
• Solo Artists from 1990 to the present