GCSE Music Revision Guide
Turn set-work notes into focused revision. Key facts, practice questions and advice on unfamiliar listening help you connect musical vocabulary to what you can actually hear.
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Revision guides and listening practice
Find music books for your exam board, from GCSE revision to A Level listening and Music Technology.
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Music books by exam board
Find a course companion, focus your revision or practise listening. Check the edition, set works and any audio-access requirements with your teacher before buying.
Edexcel
GCSE Music
GCSE Music Listening Tests
Make listening an active part of your revision. Set-work questions, dictation and unfamiliar listening tasks provide opportunities to practise giving precise answers, with audio and marking guidance to check your progress.
GCSE Music Study Guide
A course companion for developing musical vocabulary, understanding set works and improving listening analysis. Use it alongside lessons to consolidate ideas before moving on to focused revision and practice papers.
AS/A Level Music
A Level Music Revision Guide
Develop more confident analytical writing with set-work summaries, key terms and essay practice. A useful way to organise your knowledge and turn it into clearer written responses.
AS and A Level Music Listening Tests
Train your ears with listening questions, dictation and error-identification exercises. Working through the accompanying audio and answers helps you spot gaps in your understanding and make practice more purposeful.
AS/A Level Music Technology
AS and A Level Music Technology Guide — Daniel Plewinski
Connect the theory to your studio work with explanations of recording, technology-based composition and the written components. A helpful companion for understanding why production techniques work, alongside practising them.
AS and A Level Music Technology Study Guide — Tim Hallas
Build a stronger foundation in recording, production and composition with a structured course companion. Useful for working through technical terminology and linking what you hear to the processes behind it.
A Level Music Technology Revision Guide
Bring your revision into focus with concise support for Listening and Analysing and Producing and Analysing. Use it to revisit recording techniques, sharpen technical vocabulary and practise explaining your answers.
AS and A Level Music Technology Listening Tests
Practise identifying and describing production details under exam-style conditions. Audio downloads and answers make this useful for repeated listening, self-checking and building more precise technical responses.
AQA
GCSE Music
CGP GCSE Music Complete Revision & Practice — Audio & Online Edition
Combine topic revision with listening practice and exam-style questions in one book. Clear notes, coursework advice and a mock paper offer a practical structure for independent study.
GCSE Music Revision Guide
Strengthen your musical vocabulary and prepare for Understanding Music with explanations of the areas of study and listening advice. A useful companion for reviewing class notes and practising unfamiliar-music responses.
GCSE Music Listening Tests
Put your listening skills to work with unfamiliar music and study-piece questions. Practice tests and answers help you identify what to improve and build confidence in describing musical detail.
AS/A Level Music
AS and A Level Music Study Guide
Deepen your understanding of Western Classical Tradition and the other areas of study, alongside guidance on composing and performing. Useful for connecting analysis, musical context and practical coursework.
OCR
GCSE Music
CGP GCSE Music Complete Revision & Practice — Audio & Online Edition
Revise a topic, try the questions, then test your listening. This all-in-one resource brings together study notes, online audio, coursework advice and a mock paper for structured practice.
GCSE Music Listening Tests
Rehearse the Listening and Appraising paper with three sample papers and downloadable audio. Answers and a glossary help you check your work and develop more accurate musical language.
GCSE Music Study Guide
Build understanding across performing, composing and appraising with a course companion you can revisit throughout GCSE. Useful for linking practical music-making to the concepts you meet in listening tasks.
GCSE Music Revision Guide
Refresh the essentials with topic summaries, quizzes and exam-style questions. A glossary and areas-of-study coverage help make short revision sessions focused and manageable.
AS/A Level Music
AS and A Level Music Study Guide
Explore the course through performing, composing and appraising, with explanations and practice activities. A helpful reference for developing analytical skills and connecting musical ideas across your studies.
A Level Music Revision Guide
Focus your preparation for Listening and Appraising with guidance on unfamiliar music, prescribed works and essay writing. Use it to organise revision and practise making your written arguments clearer.
AS and A Level Music Listening Tests
Practise listening with questions, score material and online audio for Areas of Study 1 and 2. Complete answers support self-checking and help you become more familiar with the assessment format.
Eduqas / WJEC
GCSE Music
CGP WJEC Eduqas GCSE Music Complete Revision & Practice
Bring together revision notes, listening activities and a practice paper for the Eduqas GCSE course in England. This edition is not intended for the separate WJEC GCSE Music course in Wales.
WJEC / Eduqas GCSE Music Revision Guide
Review musical elements and practise listening and appraising with structured notes and questions. Check that the edition and set works match your qualification: WJEC and Eduqas courses are distinct.
AS/A Level Music
Eduqas AS and A Level Music Study Guide
Develop your understanding across performing, composing and appraising with areas-of-study coverage, sample papers and a glossary. A useful course companion for connecting practical work with analytical thinking.