Edexcel GCSE Music Study Guide

The Edexcel GCSE Music Study Guide is the definitive study guide for the 9–1 GCSE syllabus - For exams First teaching 2016 onwards.


This comprehensive guide supports all components of the GCSE: Performing, Composing and Appraising, covering the full list of Set Works and suggested Wider Listening. Tests and practice exam questions will ensure the student is familiar with all the material and well prepared to succeed, with advice and tips on how to do well in the written paper.


Paul Terry studied music at the University of East Anglia and trained as a teacher at Cambridge University. Paul was an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for nearly 30 years, and has been Chief Examiner in Music for both OCSEB (now part of OCR) and Edexcel (for whom he pioneered the introduction of Music Technology as an A-level subject).