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Composition and arranging (core and elective)

2 dot points across 2 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you compose or arrange a piece that uses the concepts of music deliberately and meets the HSC submission requirements?

Composition as a learning experience: generating and developing musical ideas, manipulating the concepts of music, working within a style, and preparing a submitted composition with score or recording and supporting documentation
A focused answer to the HSC Music composition dot point. Generating and developing ideas, manipulating the concepts to build a piece, working within a style, the role of the score or recording and documentation, and what markers reward in a submitted HSC composition.
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How do you present a submitted composition with a score, recording and documentation that lets the marker hear and read every intention?

The composition submission: the score or lead sheet, the recording, and the supporting documentation or statement of intent, plus topic links and the Music 2 expectation of accurate full notation
A focused guide to the HSC Music composition submission. The score or lead sheet, the recording, the supporting statement of intent, the link to topics in Music 2, and how accurate notation and clear documentation let a marker hear and read every compositional intention.
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