Musical Concepts and Aural Analysis
The concepts of music, notation and the aural skills used to describe what is heard.
- Musical Concepts and Terminology
- Music Analysis and Critical Listening
- Aural Skills and Sight-Reading
NSW Music 1 Stage 6 structure, expressed in Dux teaching language.
Dux tracks each dot point separately, so “I did Music 1” becomes a list of specific things you can already do and specific things you have never been asked. Open a module for all of its dot points, written out.
The concepts of music, notation and the aural skills used to describe what is heard.
Repertoire studied through the topics, and the social and historical contexts that shape it.
Compositional craft, arranging, and the technology used to create and capture music.
Repertoire selection, technique, rehearsal and ensemble work — the reasoning behind a performance.
A Music 1 paper is not one question type repeated. Each command word asks for a different shape of answer, and each is worth a different number of marks.
| Command word | Question type | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| analyse | Short answer | 3–5 |
| apply | Short answer | 2–5 |
| assess | Short answer | 3–5 |
| compare | Short answer | 4–6 |
| describe | Short answer | 3–6 |
| design | Short answer | 3–5 |
| evaluate | Extended response | 8–10 |
| explain | Short answer | 3–6 |
| identify | Multiple choice | 1 |
| justify | Short answer | 3–5 |
HSC Music 1 - Written Paper Shape — 40 marks, 90 minutes. Practice papers in Dux are assembled to this shape rather than invented, so the timing is training too.
Diagnostic first, then questions written in the shape this course uses. Written answers come back marked against the bands, not just scored.