A2 MUSIC.

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A2 MUSIC

A2 MUSIC OVERVIEW (Edexcel) UNIT 4: EXTENDED PERFORMANCE (30% A2) UNIT 5: COMPOSITION AND TECHNICAL STUDY (30% A2) UNIT 6: FURTHER MUSICAL UNDERSTANDING (40% A2)

UNIT 4:EXTENDED PERFORMANCE

Students perform their own devised programme Students perform for 12 – 15 minutes Either individually or within a small ensemble From a score or improvised around a stimulus Grade 6 is the set standard Same mark scheme as for AS Coursework – recorded twice – with and without audience 14th – 18th March 2011.

UNIT 5: COMPOSITION AND TECHNICAL STUDY

Students complete one composition and one technical study Composition = a 3 minute piece to a set brief Composition briefs = exploiting instruments / music for film and tv / music, dance and theatre Technical study = Bach Chorale Coursework – controlled conditions (14 hours for the composition and 3 for the technical study)

UNIT 6: FURTHER MUSICAL UNDERSTANDING

Listening – to unfamiliar music related to the 2 AOS (Areas of Study) Listening – to unfamiliar music related to the 2 AOS (Areas of Study). 28 marks Understanding – AOS 3 – Applied Music – studying 5 extracts and placing them in a social and historical context. Short note form answers. 26 marks Understanding – AOS 1 – Instrumental Music – understanding continuity and change within 7 set works. Comparison essay. 36 marks

LISTENING Comparisons Placing music in context (genre / date /composer) Identifying keys and chords Simple aural dictation tasks

UNDERSTANDING Applied Music = where the music is serving some wider purpose e.g. for dance; ritual or worship; film J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 48 movements I - IV Schoenberg – ‘Der kranke Mond’ from Pierrot Lunaire Bernstein – Opening for ‘On the Waterfront’ Williams – E.T. Flying Theme Tom McElvogue – Jig and Reel

UNDERSTANDING Continuity and Change in the following INSTRUMENTAL set works: Haydn – Symphony No. 26 in Dm, Movement I Holborne – Pavane and Galliard Brahms – Piano Quintet in Fm, op.34, Movement III J.S. Bach – Partita No. 4 in D – Sarabande and Gigue Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in A, op. 87 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra – Black and Tan Fantasy Miles Davis Quintet – Four (opening)