Music is about making and listening to music. It covers performing, composing, and listening to a wide variety of music styles: popular music, world music, and classical music.

You will enjoy the course if you like performing to an audience and want to compose your own music. You will be expected to play in concerts and attend other musical events. You will use music technology as it will play an important part in creating your own compositions.

You will need to be able to play an instrument, or sing. This accounts for 40% of the marks.

Course Content:

The course is divided into five study areas: Rhythm and Metre Harmony and Tonality Texture and Melody Timbre and Form Structure and Form

These will be explored through three strands:

A) The Western Classical Tradition
B) Popular Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries
C) World Music