Music GCSE

 GCSE Music – Overview

  

Unit 1

Listening and Appraising Music: 20% 

1 hour exam 

Unit 2

Composition and Appraisal: 20%

 

20 hours controlled time for composition

2 hour written appraisal exam

Unit 3

Performance: 40%

 

Solo Performance

Ensemble Performance

Unit 4

Composition: 20%

25 hours controlled time for composition

 

Areas of Study

  • Rhythm and metre    
  • Harmony and tonality       
  • Texture and melody
  • Timbre and dynamics               
  • Structure and form
  • Strands

1. The Western Classical Tradition

  • Eras of classical music
  • The concerto                     
  • Music for voices
  • Chamber music              
  • The sonata

2. Popular Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries

  • Blues
  • Popular music of the 1960s
  • Rock music, R'n'B, Hip-Hop
  • Music theatre
  • Film music

3. World Music

  • Music of Africa
  • Music of the Caribbean

  • Music of India

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    Examination Dates:

    AQA

    Music

    www.aqa.org.uk

    20% - Free Composition, 20% - Composition and Appraisal & 40% - solo and ensemble performances.

    20% Listening Exam at end of 5th year

 

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere music.

Thomas Carlyle

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