Music A-Level

Mainstream popular music

What Mainstream popular music means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.

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Popular mainstream music derived from and including a number of musical genres, spanning from 1960 to the present day.

AQA · Area of study 2: Pop music

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Area of study 2: Pop music (AQA A-Level)

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