GCSE Music 20092010

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GCSE Music 2009-2010

• AQA Specification

• What is expected is students?
• How can I support my child?

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Unit 1
20 The five areas of study and three strands of
learning

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

• Popular music of 20th and 21st centuries
• Western classical tradition
• World music

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Unit 1
Taught through

• Listening tasks
• Practical work performance
• Composition tasks

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Units 2 and 4
Composition (10 30)

• 2 compositions
• Based on at least 2 areas of study
• Unit 2 links with Western classical tradition
  appraisal
• Unit 4 is free choice
• Composed under controlled conditions and recorded
  live in school

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Unit 3
Performance (40)

• 2 recordings
• 1 solo performance
• 1 group performance
• Recorded in school
• Assistance/guidance from peripatetic teachers

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Expectations
All students must

• Take some responsibility for their own learning
  and development
• Attend weekly instrumental/vocal lessons
• Attend 2 rehearsals weekly (aural skills,
  experience of genres and performance)
• Practise daily
• Listen and read widely

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Support

• In School
• Ensembles to meet student needs/interests
• 1-2-1 practical lessons
• Composition mentoring
• Theory lessons
• Live recordings with professional musicians
• Professional accompanists
• Practical approach to learning

• At home
• Monitored practise
• Checking homework
• Concerts/gigs
• Internet research/independent learning
• Checking deadlines and progress

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Support Materials

• AQA Music
• Published by Nelson Thornes
• Andrew S Coxon Robert Chapman
• ISBN 9781 4085 0420 8

• AQA GCSE Music Study Guide
• Published by Rhinegold Education
• Richard Knight
• ISBN 9781 9061 7879 6