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Music subject report · May 2012

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May 2012 extended essay reports Page 1 MUSIC Overall grade boundaries Grade: E D C B A Mark range: 0 - 7 8 - 15 16 - 22 23 - 28 29 - 36 The range and suitability of the work submitted A wide range of topics w as submitted with some very good titles and some excellent work. A small but significant number of topics were not appropriate for the subject as they did not require any discussion, analysis or study of actual music pieces. The topics investigated were mostly from the western music traditions with a few explorations of world music practices. Classical, film, theatre, and popular urban styles (heavy metal, jazz, blues and hip hop pieces) were the most frequently attempted areas. A number of essays had very broad topics: music biography, emotions and music, or historical issues, for example. These did not support a successfully focused investigation. The entire range was demonstrated in terms of critical thinking and communication skills. Candidate performance against each criterion Criterion A: research question Too many essays had no real music as the focus or presented music topics in very broad terms as stated above. There were also some excellent, sharp and focused research topics . Criterion B: introduction This section was not always effectively tackled. It is important to feature the research question clearly at the centre of this section. It is the research question that needs to be
File information
Subject
Music
Document type
Subject report
Year
2012
Session
May 2012
Level
Not labelled in the archive
Paper
Not labelled
Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
English
File size
65 KB
Pages
3
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