Unit 1: Listening to and Appraising Music: 20%

Unit 2: Composing and Appraising Music: 20%

Unit 3: Performing Music: 40%

Unit 4: Composing Music: 20%

= 100%

Written exam (1 hour): based on CD of musical extracts

Questions: ◦ Listen to musical extracts, and appraise them.◦ Musical extracts cover a broad range of styles.

All questions and musical examples based on…

5 Areas of Study 3 Strands of Learning

AoS1:Rhythm and Metre 1) The Western Classical Tradition

AoS2: Harmony and Tonality 2) Popular Music of the 20th and 21st centuries

AoS3: Texture and Melody

3) World Music

AoS4: Timbre and Dynamics

AoS5: Structure and Form

Requirement = 1.10% = 1 x Composition that…o Explores 2 or more of the 5 areas of study.o Links to 1 of 3 strands –

10% = An appraisal the process and product

Composition is completed entirely within 20 hours of controlled time,

Appraisal is completed within 2 hours of controlled time (exam conditions!)

Externally assessed

2 Assessed Performances:1) Solo: o Can be acoustic, or technology basedo Can be accompanied by piano, guitar, backing track,

etco Performances are recorded & don’t have to be

public performances

2) Ensemble:o Must have two or more live players. You must have a

unique part within ito Can include musicians from outside the class, or even

from outside schoolo Ensemble: Internally assessed; externally

moderated.

Requirement = 1 x free composition

Use any style of your choice.

Must explore 2 or more of the 5 Areas of Study.

Must submit:◦ Composition (written score or annotation)◦ Recording of the composition (can be performed by

anybody or by computer!)

Internally assessed; externally moderated.