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Basically, Music 1 scales worse because it's generally much easier to score well in Music 1. If everybody scores 80% or more in the subject, the entire cohort will be dragged down to the overall average of all subjects. To do well in this subject, a student would require a score of 90+ to be...

The recording is purely supposed to illustrate to the examiner the concepts you explored, or tried to explore in the composition - specifically, it seeks to confirm that you're exploring X concept, and whether the sound you ask your performers to make is the same sound marked on the score.

While there's debate about how perfect/absolute pitch comes about (some suggest there's a genetic link, others believe it's language-based and so on and so forth), it's generally agreed that if you're actively seeking to acquire AP, you're not going to be able to do it. Research shows that...

That's incorrect, true perfect (absolute) pitch cannot be learnt, though a fair approximation (usually with a single tonal reference) can be acquired through intense practice.

Realistically though, the standard is incredibly high. I have friends who didn't get into the Con with an LMusA, I also have friends who did get into the Con with 7th Grade. Examiners look for learning potential even more so than current skill level - they will not take the 14 (14 keyboard...

Not much in the earlier grades, but in the later grades Theory is focused on (academic) concepts, where Musicianship leans towards ear training, dictation etc.

Your portfolio is supposed to be comprised of draft copies of your compositions, notes by you and your teachers about how those drafts could be improved, how and why you used particular ideas at particular points etc. I'm not a fan of the composition portfolio as an assessible component, but...

west_man, was this a Music 1 or Music 2 assessment?

Re: The Official Union Board Elections 2007 Thread Very! BTW, I'm also FFP candidate for Federal seat of Prospect now.

Re: The Official Union Board Elections 2007 Thread Just some thoughts: Regarding USU Radio: I couldn't even listen to USU radio while I was ON main campus when it was broadcasting, there is no possible way that our Union could justify either the expenditure or the resources to broadcasting...

Re: The Official Union Board Elections 2007 Thread Exactly! I couldn't agree with this post more.

Re: The Official Union Board Elections 2007 Thread Ruchir, as a candidate for Union Director what is your position on Affirmative Action? With the recent "election" of Alice, Vyvvan and Abi, are you committed to supporting a motion to repeal Affirmative Action in the Union Director elections?

Re: The Official Union Board Elections 2007 Thread Like Mark Chan, my parents are Chinese Malay. To offer a bit of background on the Malaysian situation, since the early 1970's the Malaysian Government has instituted quotas designed to place native Malays (bumiputra) on a more equal footing...

Re: The Official Union Board Elections 2007 Thread There's a great article by former Director Mark Chan illustrating the arguments against Affirmative Action, which I'll have to look for and repost. Congrats to Abi Shead, though I suspect she'd be happier if she were elected on her merits.

That's stupid advice. A HSC Performance examination is all about concert technique. If you would exaggerate in a concert hall, then you exaggerate in the exam room - but not if exaggeration is inappropriate to the performance. There is little worse than a student trying to over-dramatise their...