N5 Music Technology
N5 Music Technology - Course Outline
PRACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS (70%)
You will need to pick two of the contexts outlined below and create a 1-3 minute project for each context. You will have complete free choice on what your project looks like within these contexts. You must plan your projects, implement them (recording your progress throughout) and evaluate your work. These assignments are completed in class and submitted to the SQA in March for marking.
LISTENING EXAM (30%)
You will study 20th/21st century music in class throughout the year focusing on styles/genres, controls/effects/processes, recording techniques and music concepts. You will then complete a listening exam at the same time as the other SQA exams in May.
Sound design project
creating, adding and editing sound for film, animation, gaming etc
Multitrack recording
Recording live music in the studio with instrumentalists and mixing and editing the recording
podcast/radio show
writing and recording a podcast or radio show including dialogue, jingles, adverts, interviews, music and sound effects
creating digital music
writing your own music using virtual instruments and various MIDI elements
audiobook
recording an audio book and adding in music and sound effects
Here are some examples of National 5 assignments from our MGS pupils
Multitrack Recording 1
Snap Out of It - Arctic Monkeys
Multitrack Recording 2
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Radio Show
Scotland FM
Sound Design Poject 1 - X-Men: Days of Future Past
Sound Design Project 2 - Dark Souls III