Edexcel’s Music Technology A Level explores the creative and technical use of audio technology in music production, composition, and analysis. The course is both practical and theoretical, requiring musical awareness, technical skill, and analytical listening.
Component 1: Recording • 20% of the course. Record, edit, and mix a professional-quality recording of a song, capturing at least 5 separate instruments. Component 2: Technology-based Composition • 20% of the course. Create a composition using production techniques and audio manipulation, based on a brief. Component 3: Listening and Analysing • 25% of the course. Written exam on the history, development, and use of music technology (1950s–present). Includes critical listening questions. Component 4: Producing and Analysing • 35% of the course. Practical exam where you will manipulate audio and MIDI to complete production tasks and answer analytical questions. Questions will include: set work analysis with a score, extended responses on a wider context, unprepared extracts of music with and without a score and comparison questions. This component includes listening questions.
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Surrey |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Woodruff Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1XX |
Edexcel’s Music Technology A Level explores the creative and technical use of audio technology in music production, composition, and analysis. The course is both practical and theoretical, requiring musical awareness, technical skill, and analytical listening.
Component 1: Recording • 20% of the course. Record, edit, and mix a professional-quality recording of a song, capturing at least 5 separate instruments. Component 2: Technology-based Composition • 20% of the course. Create a composition using production techniques and audio manipulation, based on a brief. Component 3: Listening and Analysing • 25% of the course. Written exam on the history, development, and use of music technology (1950s–present). Includes critical listening questions. Component 4: Producing and Analysing • 35% of the course. Practical exam where you will manipulate audio and MIDI to complete production tasks and answer analytical questions. Questions will include: set work analysis with a score, extended responses on a wider context, unprepared extracts of music with and without a score and comparison questions. This component includes listening questions.