Performing: SQA Higher Music quiz quiz

Coursework, assessed in a recital

Part of the Understanding Music question paper

A written essay

An optional extra with no marks

Exactly three

One instrument, or split across two (which may include voice)

Only voice

As many as you like

None

A tiny fraction

The largest single share

Exactly half of the question paper

Volume and length

Speed and loudness only

The number of pieces and their titles

Accuracy and musicality

The Higher level

National 3 level

Beginner level

Any level you choose

Only the first instrument counts

The marks are shared across the two

You get double marks

The marks are halved as a penalty

As a written description

By multiple-choice test

In a recital, live before a visiting assessor or by recording

It is not assessed

The choice of stage lighting

The colour of the instrument

The length of the programme

Correct notes and rhythms and secure technique

Tone, control of tempo and dynamics, and expressive playing

Reading the question paper aloud

Naming the composer

Counting the bars

Choosing pieces at the wrong level of difficulty

Choosing pieces by Scottish composers

Choosing pieces in a major key

Choosing too few instruments

Because it is marked by a computer

Because it is coursework prepared and presented as a recital

Because it is worth no marks

Because it is sat in the exam hall in one hour

It replaces the question paper

There is no connection

Practical performing experience sharpens the ear for the concepts

It is marked in the same exam

Leave repertoire choice until the last week

Play the easiest pieces perfectly

Avoid rehearsing the whole programme

Choose suitable repertoire and prepare it thoroughly for accuracy and musicality