Exam materials are taken from the AoS:
AoS 1: My Music
A0S2: The Concerto Through Time
- the Baroque Solo Concerto
- the Baroque Concerto Grosso
- the Classical Concerto
- the Romantic Concerto
AoS3: Rhythms of the World
- India and Punjab
- Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East
- Africa
- Central and South America.
AoS4: 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
AoS5: 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
Music First Pages that are particularly relevant:
Focus on Sound OCR lessons:
(choose topics on RH menu)
https://fosuk.server1.apps.focusonsound.com/lessons/ocr-gcse
Concerto through time:
https://fosuk.server1.apps.focusonsound.com/dictionary/historical#Harpsichord
https://fosuk.server1.apps.focusonsound.com/lessons/ocr-gcse
Rhythms of the world:
(choose topics on RH menu - ensure they are relevant to the OCR list above)
https://fosuk.server1.apps.focusonsound.com/dictionary/world
Pop Music
https://fosuk.server1.apps.focusonsound.com/lessons/popular-styles
General listening:
https://elizabethcollege.box.com/shared/static/yom1s9sgeis3fr6jrgtklvub6pnqjytf.pptx