IGCSE MUSIC Performing Composing History/Analysis Would I be a good iGCSE Music Student? You need to: • Have an interest in a broad range of music • Have the dedication to practise an instrument regularly each week • Commit to one extra curricular music activity each week • Have one instrumental lesson each week • Be interested in learning how to compose COURSEWORK = 60% PERFORMING PERFORMING 30%30% COMPOSING 30% SOLO SOLO PIECE PIECE 15% 15% PIECE 1 15% ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE PIECE PIECE 15% 15% PIECE 2 15% HISTORY/ANALYSIS – LISTENING EXAM 40% ostinato theory ground bass musical techniques and devices sequence western music world music VOCABULARY Describing what you hear… Melody Stepwise/ Adjunct Long/short phrases Sequences In thirds/sixths/octaves Short repreated melodic motifs Tonality and Harmony Major/Minor/Modal Tonal/Atonal Dissonance/Chromaticism Wholetone/ Pentatonic Accompaniment Arpeggios/Broken Chords/Scalic Ascending/Descending Alberti Bass Block chords Punctuating chords Texture Monophonic – single melodic line Homphonic – melody and accompaniment/ everyone supporting melody Contrapuntal – independant melodies of equal importance Rhythm Straight/Dotted/Syncopated Polyrhythmic/cross rhythms Interlocking rhythms Irregular rhythms Additive rhythms Articulation Legato melodic line Legato arpeggios Accented/punctuating chords Staccato broken chord Pizzicato scales EXAMPLE OF AN EXAM QUESTION
