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• Demonstrates careful listening and musical awareness, 5-6 • Describes in detail the use of the concepts of music in the 8-10
although descriptions of musical events may contain some excerpt, and selects appropriate examples to support response
inaccurate observations • Demonstrates a high level of aural understanding using well-
• Describes in detail the phrasing & texture of the excerpt, supported observations, including detailed descriptions of
using suitable examples to support observations musical events. Answer may contain some inaccurate observations
• Demonstrates some musical awareness, but observations 3-4 • Describes the use of the concepts of music in the excerpt and 5.5-7.5
may contain some inaccuracies uses examples to support response
• Describes the phrasing & texture of the excerpt and • Demonstrates aural understanding, including descriptions of
includes examples to support descriptions musical events. Answer may contain some inaccurate observations
• Demonstrates limited musical awareness in the 1-2 • Provides some description of the use of the concepts of music in 3-5
identification or description of the phrasing & texture the excerpt
• Demonstrates some aural understanding, makes generalisations
and may provide supporting examples
Comments:
It’s great that you can identify the instruments and their layers. In future • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
maybe work on pin pointing what each instrument is doing and how the concepts of music in this excerpt
sound created. Remember to add examples as these will give you more marks.
So you could draw diagrams to demonstrate, be sure to label your diagrams or
drawing. Another option is to refer to what bar you are describing. Comments:
Your musical understanding is good you just need to work with being more Great start again when answering don’t forget to be more clearer and provide examples
descriptive. When it comes to identify only phrasing and texture don’t forget to support your understanding. An example of drawing a diagram could be when
to mention other concepts like Tone Colour that contribute to how texture is describing the note value or duration change. You could draw the note value change or
built upon. The percussive instrument was an ‘agogo’ and as much as it even when it comes to phrasing. Part A to B then back to A, if the piece does so.
sounds like a cowbell if you listen just to the percussion instrument you can Don’t forget to be descriptive an easy way I find is to list all instruments and describe
hear a slight pitch difference, indicating two metallic pitches like a High and what they are doing then link it to what the question asks like, the main soprano
Low. vocalist is part b is performing an improv solo from the phrases in part a.
I think finding a structure that focuses on particular points will make it easier for you to
cover everything that is asked from any question.
Overall Feedback
Overall you have a sound aural understanding, there were a couple of Overall Justification
generalisations which is fine. Now we just need to work on refining those Part A = 3/6 Combined Mark = 7/16
generalisations to make them more explanatory by being more descriptive. As
I mentioned before finding a structure will help to explain each instruments
Part B = 4/10
role in better detail. Don’t forget to read the question especially in Part B to
cover all that the questions ask of you.
Comments: and may provide supporting examples
Okay your first point was good although the percussive instrument was an
‘agogo’ which is a metal instrument with two pitches high and low. You could • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
demonstrate the instrument if you don’t know its name, by describing its tone concepts of music in this excerpt
and how it adds to the layers of the texture like the statement before.
Comments:
You mention the many voices although there was little description to what
It’s good to see your understanding but there are some areas where you need to
type of voices they were as in Soprano, Alto, tenor and Bass, or even high or
demonstrate evidence to support your statements. Like the 7 singers here you could
low register, Female or Male. Describing each instrument with as much detail
demonstrate through a timeline that shows each singer and the layers they create.
as you can include other musical concepts like Tone Colour as it will help to
Don’t forget to label though and describe each singers register.
demonstrate how texture is achieved within this piece.
There are some other areas that just need some more details like the fourth point on
Excellent point on the repetition of the voices and singing in unison. You could
‘the same texture’ don’t forget to relate to other musical concepts like dynamics as part
mention here whether they are monophonic or homophonic in texture. As for
b was thicker in textural dynamics. You can explain this again through your vocal
singing against each other think about ‘contrast’ and how this is provided by
timeline. With more vocals or even the lead and accompaniment all within a soprano-
the vocals. Lastly don’t be afraid to describe the vocal texture through a
alto register.
diagram showing the singers and the layers like a timeline. Overall you’ve
I know sometimes we run of time but to make sure you get the point across try
done a good job only issue is you need to support examples with evidence.
shortening to dot points and getting key words. E.g. Dynamic Contrast between Solo
Overall Feedback Female Vocalist and accompanying vocals. Solo voice gets bolder and louder creating s
Overall, well done in musically analysing both parts. You provide a good suspenseful feeling through pitch variation.
analysis and just need to work on being more descriptive by supporting your
examples with evidence whether you choose to use diagrams or structure Overall Justification
your writing to be straight to the point. Although the flow and structure of Part A = 3.5/6 Combined Mark = 8.5/16
your analysis transitions well with the music already. Part B = 5/10
The percussive instrument at the beginning of the song was an ‘agogo’ which
keeps a constant beat like you stated although it consists of a high and low • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
pitch. It was awesome though that you picked up the three voices. I would just concepts of music in this excerpt
work on describing the qualities of the voices like were they female or male,
Comments:
soprano or alto, high or low. Also you just needed more detail in relation to
You mention some good points showing your aural understanding although there were only
the texture did the vocals create a monophonic texture or homophonic? Did it
some points that supported the use of other concepts of music.
gradually change? I know you mention homophonic but you just need
In your first point you deliver a simple straight to the point answer which is great but you
evidence to back up how it is homophonic and when as it does gradually could also talk about the dynamic level or volume level of the solo singer in contrast to the
become homophonic. There can be consideration for question and answering accompanying singers. E.g. The soloist range was wider and her voice was louder which
phrasing but you need to support these ideas with some evidence. Even if you added a bold effect in contrast to the harmonic accompaniment.
create a diagram showing how the vocals convey this it will help support your Similar thing with the introduction of percussion instruments which contribute to the texture
ideas immensely. Lastly when describing don’t be afraid to bring in other by making the rhythmic beat thicker. There is more layers and more beats (Link to Duration)
concepts like tone colour and duration to help support your statements. which you briefly covered. The texture wasn’t polyphonic but homophonic as there was one
melody with accompaniment. Maybe if you create some drawings to demonstrate your
Overall Feedback understanding it could help you to identify this easier and will provide the marker with
Overall, some things I think you could work on to help improve your analyse supporting evidence to your statement. In total, there’s some areas where you need to be
structure would be trying to think about listing the instruments first and more descriptive like “who created the expressive techniques?” and mention relation to
highlighting what each instrument does and how it adds to the piece and other musical concepts. E.g. Soloist perform short phrasing using melismas and improv.
relate it back to the question. The first analyse flows well with the structure of
the music which is great but just needs some more detail. So don’t be afraid to Overall Justification
be more descriptive think about your who, what, when and how, and provide Part A = 3.5/6 Combined Mark = 8/16
diagrams and visual examples to help show prove your point. Part B = 4.5/10
and may provide supporting examples
Comments:
The first point, the percussion instrument at the start is an ‘agogo’ and not a • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
cowbell because the constant beat contrasts between a high low phrase like concepts of music in this excerpt
shown: H L H H L. You can write this and label it as evidence to support your point.
Diagrams like the one above help to support you answers. You’re right that the
texture is monophonic but it does gradually change. Think about the melody and Comments:
where it could change in reflection of the analysis for future reference as this can In your first point there is “more of lead vocals” this could be better describe with a
help to define the progression in other analysis. When describing the repeated comment like the “solo vocal is dynamically louder making her clearly heard.” Using
phrase, you could mention how the phrase breaks into many sections and descriptive words and incorporating other musical concepts will help towards identifying all
whether its syncopated in contrast to the singers. Some things to highlight include aspects of the musical piece. Throughout your analysis there is a couple of statements that
what instrument you are describing in particular the vocals as there are many. just needs a little more detail like “the long sustained notes” It’s a lovely description but we
When it comes to texture you can describe the vocals through pitch of their vocal can assume you are on about the accompanying vocals. So don’t forget who are you
range or register. E.g. Soprano, Alto, tenor or Bass register, as well as wide or describing, what are they doing, how are they adding effect to the piece and provide an
narrow range. Also don’t be afraid to explain your understanding through example. Part B analysis was stronger than part A as it was straight to the point delivering
drawings whether it be you draw your diagram and label it through a short important factors but for the next time try to provide more detail.
sentence explaining your understanding.
Overall Feedback
Plan your listening to identify the basic things then explore each point in more
depth. Maybe find the key words in the question and start with listing what you
can here in relation to these keywords within your first listening and expand on Overall Justification
those ideas in further listening. Overall, search for the details in the listening and Part A = 4/6 Combined Mark = 10/16
support evidence to your findings. Part B = 6/10
Great way of describing the percussive instrument. You didn’t confirm the
instrument but gave a option to what it may be. Next time maybe use the word • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
percussive instrument and describe the tone colour more like you did with the concepts of music in this excerpt
‘tin’ although describe how it vary in sound like high and low pitches. The
percussive instrument was an agogo. Some things to try in the future, be a little
more descriptive like the voices you demonstrated the difference of the addition Comments:
of the male voice, but there were many other voices so a better description of Again just need to be more descriptive of each voice. Its great you highlight three
each will help to discover which one is a main role and accompaniment. E.g. main prominent singers but what tells them apart? What are their roles in the texture?
female soprano vocalist sings the main melody. You mention a change in the form but how and what has changed? Is the texture
As for the texture it starts off monophonic and gradually reaches homophonic. polyphonic or is it homophonic with a melody and accompaniment?
You could use an illustration to help you explain your findings. A suggestion would be to mind map or even create a chart with each instrument and
The phrasing can be seen as Q&A but maybe demonstrate your findings through a their roles any expressive techniques, dynamic changes. This chart would be a
diagram to provide evidence to your point. This could be as simple as “A-B x4”. supportive example for all points you make and may just help you to get more marks
through demonstrating your understanding visually.
Overall Feedback Look over some terminology and language within the music 1 syllabus to help you
An area for focus that I suggest is being more descriptive. When you tell a story
better describe the musical events in relation to musical concepts more thoroughly.
you usually tell the whole story. Think of the music as a story your trying to
explain to your friend, typically you don’t want to miss any details. Start with
listing the instruments then highlighting what they are doing, how it happens and Overall Justification
what it does to the piece. Even though your analysis does have a nice flow and
Part A = 4.5/6 Combined Mark = 9.5/16
coincides with the music. It does jump around in part B when countering for all
musical concepts. Part B = 5/10
Very nice flow of analysis in relation to the progression of the musical excerpt.
You noted “traditional” instrument maybe refer more so to “percussive” as it’s • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
creating a rhythmic pattern. You could further demonstrate the pattern of the concepts of music in this excerpt
percussive instrument through graphic notation. E.g. High Low High High Low x4.
You highlighted syncopation which was good but you need to describe where and Comments:
when and maybe support it with a detailed drawing or an example. Again focus on providing more detail in particular to the description of the role of the
The voices could be explained in more detail including information like the vocal instrument and the musical concept changes. You could try writing out the musical
register and range, and how they created “rich texture and harmony”. concepts first and writing the role each instrument has in each concept or try focusing
You provide a good description of the “percussive instrument” it just needs to be on the variation of part A to B. Then write the difference in musical concepts like
support with evidence. Back up your points through visual diagrams or simple key dynamics, pitch, texture a, tone colour, duration and expressive techniques.
words that get straight to the point. Examples can be drawn in tables or maps but Some points for focus: Contrast – how is it achieved in the piece? (e.g. bold – soft,
they better explain your thought process to markers. melody – accompaniment) Phrasing was it still A-B or did it change among the vocals?
You need to explain how the “phrasing is different for the accompaniment” and
provide a couple extra descriptive words for the other points. E.g. “Main voice has
a smooth line followed by an uneven line” that repeats and follows the rhythmic Overall Justification
pattern of the percussive instrument. Part A = 4/6 Combined Mark = 12/16
Overall Feedback Part B = 8/10
Overall, you have provided good responses that deliver some supporting
evidence. I suggest now maybe work on creating more detailed responses that
follow a who, what, where, when and how system for each instrument. This will
help to get a fuller response and just remember to support your points with
evidence
Good analysis, just try to show evidence of your findings through visual
representations like diagrams that for example show how each vocal line was • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
either a lead or accompaniment. concepts of music in this excerpt
The percussive instrument was not a cowbell but an “agogo” as it had two
pitches that the rhythm was modulating between. Great list of vocal register Comments:
and range, again here you can show your findings through illustration to Awesome list of answers but sometimes when listing we tend to miss providing deeper
source extra details you may have not written down. details. Just a suggestion maybe if you can go over these points in your other listening
If you get time, go over your points and think about what would make it easier to provide greater detail and examples to support your findings.
to understand. Pictures, diagrams, drawings or specific key words. You mentioned the pitched changed but did not suggest the instrument that was
Visually describing may help you in discovering other factors and will provide affected be mindful to include little details like the instrument.
the marker with greater support of your understanding. Lovely structuring of answers towards the musical piece. I’m glad you have noted the
Good job covering all aspects. gradual change in Part A texture to the constant textural layers in Part B as this is
Overall Feedback important to note. You also provided a good coverage of most musical concepts.
Overall, you have provided good responses that deliver some supporting
evidence. I suggest now maybe work on creating more detailed responses that
follow a who, what, where, when and how system for each instrument. This Overall Justification
will help to get a fuller response and just remember to support your points Part A = 4.5/6 Combined Mark = 13.5/16
with evidence Part B = 9/10
Metallic description of the percussive instrument is awesome. If you can tell it
is percussive maybe just list that down to so the markers know you have that • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
understanding. Continual beat is good to hear, try adding other words that concepts of music in this excerpt
describe the beat like rhythmic and upbeat. When it comes to vocals don’t be
afraid to list the voice to the side of the page and write if they are high or low, Comments:
female or male, lead or backup. The more descriptive the better. Brilliant description of the vocalists in this piece. You could highlight the
You could mention whether the piece is monophonic or homophonic or if any dynamics of the lead vocal contrasted to the backing vocals. Great pick up on
changes happen to the textural form. The addition of a round needs to the tag which is repeated to the end. Although where is this tag picked up from
address who it is performed by what singers, be specific or more definitive though who is singing it? Don’t forget support your examples with evidence.
here. Don’t forget to be descriptive. E.g. drums = what drums exactly? Are they played
“Mama” does end the phrase but you need to describe when and how it ends by hand or stick, Loud or soft? Your correct there is no round but the singers are
the phrase here you could mention the rhythmic layer and amount of bars in in unison maybe mention this? And the textural form which is homophonic.
the phrase. Or write the lyrics out and draw lines when the phrase ends. “No Evident texture variations in the second excerpt” you need to be more
Overall Feedback specific. As there are texture variations in the percussive instruments but no
Great work overall, just be sure to label the instrument you are trying textural change within amount of layered voices.
to explain. When you relate the musical concepts try to see if you can
focus on the instrument and elaborate on how that instrument Overall Justification
contributes conceptual factors. Don’t forget to search for those Part A = 5/6 Combined Mark = 13/16
examples to support your ideas. Part B = 8/10
The percussive instrument had two pitches a high and low making it the
“agogo” instead of cowbell. Right lead though with metallic percussive • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
instrument. Great explanation of the layers of the voices, don’t forget to concepts of music in this excerpt
describe each vocal range to better identify what instrument you are
describing. Good explanation of the phrasing, to help towards getting higher Comments:
marks you could show an illustration of the layers and phrasing of every Great pick up on the added percussion instruments just be sure to list all instruments.
instrument or at least a diagram of the rhythmic phrase to support your As for the dynamic change great job describing the change of texture between the lead
statement. and accompaniment. A tip may be to structure these points together so you talk about
Some things to think about the next listening; being more descriptive. For all textural changes to do with vocal together as it may spark you to pull more from
example, the vocals are they female or male, high or low, SATB. what you write, as in more description. You mention the wider range explored in part a
Draw some diagrams don’t be afraid to map out what you hear as well as the which is great but you need to explain how with some more detail and maybe some
structure you have now. examples. Don’t forget that you can draw diagrams to support your points. When
demonstrating form, you have described “improvisation” try to refer to this term to
Overall Feedback save you time in explaining. Using the word improv and describing what the improv
Both analysis show good listening and musical awareness with descriptions of techniques are. Is better as it’s straight to the point is easier for you as it provides more
musical events and suitable examples to support. In part A, you could improve time for checking over your work.
by describing the vocal range and registers more to be more definitive. In part Overall Justification
B, you managed to cover all concepts of music although you provide a good
Part A = 6/6 Combined Mark = 14.5/16
amount of details. You have the capability to push yourself further to describe
Part B = 8.5/10
more details within each instrument.
Well done on identifying the three types of voices. Maybe try to structure your
description by identifying the instruments then highlighting what each one does in • Demonstrates limited aural understanding of the use of the 0.5-2.5
the piece by simply putting key words first, then expand on these key words. At concepts of music in this excerpt
the moment there wasn’t enough on phrasing and texture. Some things you could
identify when writing about texture are the layers of instruments, what are these Comments:
layers doing to add to the texture. What type of texture form is it? Monophonic, Well done in identifying the sequence of this piece starting with the claps and describing
homophonic?? If your ever unsure about an instrument describe the sound and the main vocal lead, this was a good start. Again try to draw some diagrams to provide
link it to a musical group for instance the percussive beat was played on an examples to your understanding. For instance, you could create a dot rhythm of the clap
‘agogo’ which has two pitches” or “The percussive instrument playing a high to pattern.
low constant beat on a metallic sounding instrument.” (Then demonstrate the Something to work on is explaining each instruments role and how they add texture or what
beat through drawing) part of the phrase they contribute to and how.
Although you haven’t identified the instrument you’re still explaining the texture An example; The Alto Female singer is singing the lead by improvising the melody from part
the instrument provides. Sometimes drawing tables of the instruments and it’s A. Then describe what techniques she uses and how this makes the texture thicker or fuller
entry like a timeline can help you understand the build of textural layers in the or the opposite. Good pick up on the addition of bongo drums and how it contributes to
piece. Visual cues can also help to show the marker you can hear the layers. texture just don’t forget to describe how (e.g. bongo drums made the texture thicker).
There is a drum rhythmic phrase that is added as you explained but you need to highlight
Overall Feedback where this is in terms of the piece. For example, it happens in the 3rd bar of the rhythmic
Overall, you identify the instruments and follow the musical piece well. We just sequence.
need to work on describing and being specific with what instruments are doing
what, how are they performing, who are they performing with. What may help is Overall Justification
the structuring of the analysis, try to find all the instruments and list them in the Part A = 2.5/6 Combined Mark = 6.5/16
first listening. Then describe each of them and all the musical qualities you can Part B = 4/10
hear in the other listening. Don’t forget to focus on what the question asks for.
Student Part A Part B Combined Mark Class Rank
1 3/6 4/10 7/16 9
2 3.5/6 5/10 8.5/16 7
3 3.5/6 4.5/10 8/16 8
4 4/6 6/10 10/16 5
5 4.5/6 5/10 9.5/16 6
6 4/6 8/10 12/16 4
7 4.5/6 9/10 13.5/16 2
8 5/6 8/10 13/16 3
9 6/6 8.5/10 14.5/16 1
10 2.5/6 4/10 6.5/16 10

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