Course content

Year 12 (AS) - This qualification has two units

Unit 1: Music Technology Portfolio 1

Students will learn and use a variety of music and music technology skills in order to complete this unit. MIDI sequencing and multi-track recording as well as arranging skills are all key components assessed through the practical work carried out.

Unit 2: Listening and Analysing

This unit provides students with an opportunity to study the styles most common in popular music. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate this knowledge using aural discrimination skills.

Year 13 (A2) - Two further units are studied at A Level

Unit 3: Music Technology Portfolio 2

Unit 3 builds on skills acquired in Unit 1, and extends these to include a composition task. Students will complete 3 tasks which together make the Music Technology Portfolio.

Unit 4: Analysing and Producing

Students will be expected to demonstrate their knowledge of music and principles of music technology through a series of written commentaries, manipulations and production tasks using material provided on an examination paper and recorded on an audio CD.