AQA GCSE Music composing overview quiz quiz

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40%

50%

Right at the very start of Year 10, before any teaching

On the morning of the final listening examination

In the September of the year of submission

It is never released at all; you invent your own brief

Two minutes

Three minutes

Six minutes

Four minutes

One responds to an AQA brief; the other is a free composition

One must be performed live on stage and the other is recorded

One has to be a solo piece and the other an ensemble piece

One of the two compositions is marked and the other one is not

Restrictions can simply be ignored without losing any marks at all in the end

Your composition must fulfil the brief, so ignoring restrictions loses marks

Restrictions only affect the final recording of the piece

Restrictions are what decide the submission deadline

A complete finished piece of music from the start to the end

A type of cadence used to end a musical phrase

A short, memorable musical idea that can be developed

A dynamic marking that shows how loud to play

Diminution of the rhythm

Inversion of the melody

Sequence at a new pitch

Augmentation

Reharmonising it or changing the texture

Deleting the idea completely from the piece

Playing it only once and never returning to it

Writing a brand-new and completely unrelated tune

A photograph of the performer in the studio

A score or detailed written account

A list of the marks you expect to be given

Nothing else at all is needed for submission