Eduqas GCSE Music Composing (Component 2) overview quiz quiz

20 per cent

30 per cent

40 per cent

50 per cent

Two free compositions

One to a brief set by Eduqas and one free composition

Two compositions to Eduqas briefs

One composition and one performance

1 to 2 minutes

3 to 6 minutes

8 to 10 minutes

12 to 15 minutes

One brief for everyone

Four briefs, each linked to a different Area of Study, of which you choose one

Ten briefs chosen at random

There are no set briefs

Using as many instruments as possible

Developing musical ideas rather than just stating them

Making the piece as long as possible

Choosing a famous style

Controlling the recording volume

Writing idiomatically and effectively for the chosen instruments or voices

Using a metronome

Keeping the piece short

The exam date

The brief's requirements: stimulus, style, forces, mood, structure and Area of Study link

Your favourite song

The price of an instrument

Nothing, it is fixed by Eduqas

The style, forces and starting idea

Only the title

Only the length

Stop after stating it once

Repeat and vary it, change key or mode, alter rhythm or texture, and build contrasting sections

Make it quieter only

Add unrelated new tunes with no link

Only a full orchestral score

A staff-notation score, a lead sheet, tab, or a recording with supporting documentation

A spoken description only

A photograph of an instrument

Leaving out the rhythms

Accurate pitches and rhythms, time and key signatures, dynamics, articulation, tempo and instrument names

Using only chord symbols and nothing else for an orchestral piece

No tempo or dynamic markings

A written exam

Developed across the course, internally assessed and externally moderated by Eduqas

A live performance to an examiner

It is not assessed

Composing is the only component

Composing (30 per cent) and Performing (30 per cent) are the practical 60 per cent; Appraising is 40 per cent

Composing is 60 per cent on its own

Composing is part of the written exam