Jim Coyle 2017 Music HSC

Jim Coyle 2017Music HSC

2 pathways

Music 1 Music 2 and extension

Numbers 2016

Music 1 4740Music 2 718Extension 458

http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/bos_stats/media-guide-2016/course.html

Contexts

Students will study music in a variety of contexts. These musical contexts (styles, periods and genres) will be studied through specific topics. Topics available for study: An instrument and its repertoire Australian musicBaroque musicJazzMedieval musicMethods of notating musicMusic and religionMusic and the related artsMusic for large ensemblesMusic for radio, film, television and multimedia Music for small ensemblesMusic in education

Music of a culture (Preliminary course)Music of a culture (HSC course)Music of the 18th centuryMusic of the 19th centuryMusic of the 20th and 21st centuriesPopular musicRenaissance musicRock musicTechnology and its influence on music Theatre music

Preliminary Course Students will study at least THREE topics from the list above. HSC Course Students will study at least THREE topics from the list above.The topics must be:eitherTHREE topics which are different from those studied in the Preliminary course or TWO topics which are different from those studied in the Preliminary course and ONE topic from the Preliminary course which shows greater depth of understanding, explores new repertoire and includes a comparative study. Note: Principals will be required to certify to this effect.

Example question Music 1Explain how the layers of sound are used in this excerpt to achieve unity and contrast. (8 marks)

Resources

Kamien, R., & Kamien, A. (1988). Music: an appreciation (Vol. 514). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.Nick Peterson (2008) An Introduction to the Concepts of Music (Cengage)Multi-media resources also available but very expensive.Hindson, Barbeler, Blom (2007) Music composition toolbox (Science Press)Past papers and recordings.

Music 2 Differences

NotationDictationCore compositionQuestion 4Sight singing

Sight singing

Resourceshttp://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/https://www.sydneysymphony.com/learning-and-engagement/schools-and-teachers/resources-for-teachershttp://www.jimcoylemusic.com/

Extension MusicBand E4Displays highly sophisticated understanding of the concepts of music, demonstrating independence of thought and a personal style. This is exemplified in a particular option when the candidate :displays a high level of creativity in composition demonstrating superior use of compositional techniques, sophisticated development of ideas and musical refinement ORpresents a well-argued hypothesis demonstrating sophisticated and perceptive understanding of the concepts of musicORdemonstrates a superior level of performance based upon stylistic refinement and highly developed technical skills

Numbers 485 mostly Performance

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