Music 0410 | 1 GCSE
Music 0410 | 1 GCSE
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Overview
Overview
When studying the Cambridge IGCSE Music syllabus, students listen to, perform and compose music, encouraging aesthetic and emotional development, self-discipline and, importantly, creativity. As a result, students enhance their appreciation and enjoyment of music, an achievement that forms an ideal foundation for future study and enhances life-long musical enjoyment.
Students study music of all styles; each style is placed in its historical and cultural context, and they are encouraged to be perceptive, sensitive and critical when listening. Although the majority of the syllabus examines Western European music, the music of other cultures is always represented.
IGCSE MUSIC 2017 1.m4vCourse Content
Course Content
Listening
Aural awareness, perception and discrimination in relation to Western music.
Identifying and commenting on a range of music from cultures in different countries.
Knowledge and understanding of one World Focus from a non-Western culture and one Western Set Work.
Performing
Technical competence on one or more instruments.
Interpretative understanding of the music performed.
Composing
Discrimination and imagination in free composition.
Notation, using staff notation and, if appropriate, other suitable systems.
Assessment
Assessment
1. Listening 1 hour 15 minutes 70 marks Externally marked (40%)
Written examination based on CD recordings supplied by Cambridge
2. Performing Coursework 50 marks Internally marked/externally moderated (30%)
Two prepared performances, one individual and one ensemble
3. Composing Coursework 100 marks scaled to 50 marks Internally marked/externally moderated (30%)C
Two contrasting compositions
Progression
Progression
The combination of knowledge and skills in Cambridge IGCSE Music gives learners a solid foundation for further study. Candidates who achieve grades A* to C are well prepared to follow a wide range of courses including Cambridge International AS & A Level Music. Cambridge IGCSEs are accepted and valued by leading universities and employers around the world as evidence of academic achievement. Many universities require a combination of Cambridge International AS & A Levels and Cambridge IGCSEs to meet their entry requirements.
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