Required Reading

Students will need the following books to complete the course

Edexcel AS and A-Level Music Study Guide: Rhinegold

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Edexcel A-Level Music Revision Guide

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Essential Reading

The following materials will provide essential understanding of the subjects covered in the course.

Musicals DK (foreword by Elaine Paige) (Coming Soon)

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A Student's Guide to Harmony and Counterpoint - Hugh Benham

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Recommended Resources

Further reading to help you advance your understanding of the concepts in the course and to satisfy your curiosity.

Finding Other Useful Books

Using the online Accessit catalogue, you can search the Subject Search to find more resources, or use the search bar to look for keywords.

In the Library, Non-fiction books (and some literature) are often arranged using the Dewey Decimal Classification system, using numbers to arrange them by subject. In the college we use the system within key topic areas for each subject. In many university libraries, all books will be found shelved by Dewey Decimal alone. Below is a list of useful number classes for this subject.

780 Music

781 General principles and musical forms

782 Vocal music

783 Music for single voices

784 Instruments and Instrumental ensembles and their music

785 Ensembles with only one instrument per part

786 Keyboard, mechanical, electrophonic, percussion instruments

787 Stringed instruments (Chordophones)

788 Wind instruments (Aerophones)