HSC Music 1 Year 12 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the HSC Music 1 Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Hearing beat, metre and metric grouping: regular versus irregular metresHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Duration

   Beat, metre and tempo

2. Syncopation, augmentation, diminution and rhythmic ostinato by earHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Duration

   Rhythmic devices

3. Tempo, gradations of tempo, pulse rates and the absence of pulseHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Duration

   Tempo and pulse

4. Melodic contour, direction of pitch movement, range and registerHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Pitch

   Melody

5. Harmony, tonality, scales, modes and other ways of organising pitchHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Pitch

   Harmony and tonality

6. Definite and indefinite pitch, pitch patterns, pedal point and droneHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Pitch

   Definite and indefinite pitch

7. Dynamic range, gradations of dynamics, contrast and accentHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Dynamics and Expressive Techniques

   Dynamics

8. Articulation, ornamentation and stylistic indications that articulate a styleHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Dynamics and Expressive Techniques

   Expressive techniques

9. Sound source material and method of sound production: blowing, hitting, plucking, scraping, shakingHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Tone Colour

   Sound sources

10. Types of instruments and voices and their combinations as performing mediaHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Tone Colour

    Instruments and voices

11. Acoustic, electronic and synthesised tone colours and studio processingHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Tone Colour

    Technology and tone colour

12. Identifying layers of sound and describing the function of each layerHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Texture

    Layers of sound

13. Roles of instruments and voices, thinning and thickening, and textural climaxHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Texture

    Textural density

14. Phrases, motifs, riffs and repetitive patternsHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Structure

    Building blocks of structure

15. Call and response and question and answer techniques by earHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Structure

    Call and response

16. Sectional forms in popular and art music, world music structures and multi-movement structuresHSC · HSC Concepts of Music — Structure

    Sectional and multi-movement forms

17. How repetition and change create unity and contrast across a whole excerptHSC · HSC Aural — Unity, contrast, style and the use of technology

    Unity and contrast

18. Recognising style, and identifying the use and effects of technology in recorded musicHSC · HSC Aural — Unity, contrast, style and the use of technology

    Style and technology

19. Choosing the three HSC topics, the comparative study and how topics feed the electivesHSC · HSC Contexts — Topics for study and the learning experiences (performance, composition, musicology, aural)

    Topics as contexts

20. Integrating performance, composition, musicology and aural across the HSC courseHSC · HSC Contexts — Topics for study and the learning experiences (performance, composition, musicology, aural)

    Learning experiences