Repertoire selection, technique, rehearsal and ensemble work — the reasoning behind a performance.
These are the statements the Music 1 syllabus makes about Performance Practice. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
Selecting repertoire that demonstrates the required skills and suits the performer.
Technical control and the interpretive decisions that turn accuracy into performance.
Practice design, goal setting and managing performance anxiety.
Balance, intonation, cueing and the listening an ensemble depends on.
Choosing a program that shows range and sustains an audience's attention.
Evaluating a performance against intention, and identifying what would change.
HSC Music 1 - Written Paper Shape is 40 marks in 90 minutes. Questions on Performance Practice are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Music 1 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Performance Practice is module 4 of 4 in Music 1. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Music 1 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.