Rhinegold Education Listening Tests iTunes instructions

Alternatives to using iTunes
The tracks to be used for these listening tests are all available to download from iTunes as one ‘album’ or iMix. The rest of this
document contains instructions on how to use iTunes for the listening tests.
The iTunes tracks are recommended as the questions have been written with these recordings specifically in mind. Alternative
versions may have slightly different timings or performance details.
However, a full track listing is given at the back of the Teacher’s Guide for the AQA GCSE Music Listening Tests (second
edition), and you may of course use this to find alternative versions of the tracks needed for the tests, from individual CDs or
online sources.
Two online alternatives to iTunes are given here:
1. Spotify. Most of the pieces used in AQA GCSE Music Listening Tests (second edition) can be found on Spotify, a streaming
music player you can download from www.spotify.com. See their website for more information.
2. eMusic. eMusic is a similar application that allows you to download tracks instead of streaming them from the internet.
Various subscription plans are available that allow you to download a certain amount of tracks each month. See
www.emusic.com for more information.
AQA GCSE Music Listening Tests (second edition) uses 38 different tracks. You must acquire all of the tracks to complete all of
the questions, but you may of course be selective about which questions (and therefore which tracks) you use.
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