QCE Music Units 3&4 Notes

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1. Duration: beat, metre, tempo, rhythm, accent and syncopationElements · Music elements and concepts, and compositional devices (syllabus course overview; used across Units 3 and 4)

   Duration

2. Melody: contour, range, register, motif and melodic patternsElements · Music elements and concepts, and compositional devices (syllabus course overview; used across Units 3 and 4)

   Pitch: melody

3. Harmony and tonality: progressions, cadences, dissonance, keys, modes and modulationElements · Music elements and concepts, and compositional devices (syllabus course overview; used across Units 3 and 4)

   Pitch: harmony and tonality

4. Texture and timbre: density, voicing, layering, instrumentation and sound manipulationElements · Music elements and concepts, and compositional devices (syllabus course overview; used across Units 3 and 4)

   Texture and timbre

5. Expressive devices and structure: dynamics, articulation, contrast and formElements · Music elements and concepts, and compositional devices (syllabus course overview; used across Units 3 and 4)

   Expressive devices and structure

6. Compositional devices: accompaniment, development, theme, transition, unity and variationElements · Music elements and concepts, and compositional devices (syllabus course overview; used across Units 3 and 4)

   Compositional devices

7. Innovations in pitch: extended harmony, chromaticism, atonality and new scale formsUnit 3 · Unit 3: Innovations — How do musicians incorporate innovative music practices to communicate meaning when performing and composing?

   Innovations in pitch

8. Innovations in duration and structure: polyrhythm, mixed metre, looping, phasing and additive formUnit 3 · Unit 3: Innovations — How do musicians incorporate innovative music practices to communicate meaning when performing and composing?

   Innovations in duration and structure

9. Innovations in timbre and technology: prepared and extended techniques, electronics, sampling and layeringUnit 3 · Unit 3: Innovations — How do musicians incorporate innovative music practices to communicate meaning when performing and composing?

   Innovations in timbre and technology

10. Innovation in context: how new practices in jazz, art, popular and Australian music create new meaningUnit 3 · Unit 3: Innovations — How do musicians incorporate innovative music practices to communicate meaning when performing and composing?

    Innovation in context

11. Narrative I: conveying setting in time and placeUnit 4 · Unit 4: Narratives — How do musicians manipulate music elements to communicate narrative when performing, composing and responding to music?

    Setting in time and place

12. Narrative II: characterisation, leitmotif and thematic transformationUnit 4 · Unit 4: Narratives — How do musicians manipulate music elements to communicate narrative when performing, composing and responding to music?

    Characterisation

13. Narrative III: supporting drama and action — building and releasing tensionUnit 4 · Unit 4: Narratives — How do musicians manipulate music elements to communicate narrative when performing, composing and responding to music?

    Drama and action

14. Narrative IV: establishing and changing mood and atmosphere, and text settingUnit 4 · Unit 4: Narratives — How do musicians manipulate music elements to communicate narrative when performing, composing and responding to music?

    Mood and atmosphere

15. Narrative genres: film, television and game music, musical theatre, opera, program music and art songUnit 4 · Unit 4: Narratives — How do musicians manipulate music elements to communicate narrative when performing, composing and responding to music?

    Narrative genres

16. Decoding the question: the concept, the contextual information and choosing your optionEssay · External assessment: analytical essay on unseen stimulus (assessment objectives 3, 5 and 7)

    Reading the question and stimulus

17. Key moments: working inside bars and time codes, and hearing what the score does not showEssay · External assessment: analytical essay on unseen stimulus (assessment objectives 3, 5 and 7)

    Key moments and evidence

18. Deconstructing a key moment: breadth, depth and connecting elements to find meaningEssay · External assessment: analytical essay on unseen stimulus (assessment objectives 3, 5 and 7)

    Analysing and relating

19. Evaluating and justifying: insightful judgments and credible, referenced examplesEssay · External assessment: analytical essay on unseen stimulus (assessment objectives 3, 5 and 7)

    Evaluating and justifying

20. Planning and writing the analytical essay in 20 + 120 minutesEssay · External assessment: analytical essay on unseen stimulus (assessment objectives 3, 5 and 7)

    Planning and writing