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Music 1 Topics and Electives

4 dot points across 4 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

What does the Australian Music topic cover, and how do you study Australian repertoire through the concepts of music?

The Australian Music topic: studying Australian art, popular, jazz, film and First Nations music through the concepts, and applying it across performance, composition and musicology electives
A guide to the Music 1 Australian Music topic. The breadth of Australian art, popular, jazz, film and First Nations repertoire, how to study it through the concepts of music, and how the topic supports performance, composition and musicology electives.
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How is the Music 1 HSC course structured around topics and electives, and how do you build a coherent program from the list of topics?

The Music 1 course structure: choosing three HSC topics from the syllabus list, the comparative study, and selecting three electives across performance, composition and musicology that represent the topics
A guide to how the HSC Music 1 course is structured. Choosing three HSC topics from the syllabus list of topics, the in-depth comparative study option, and selecting three electives across performance, composition and musicology that represent the topics studied.
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How does music work in radio, film, television and multimedia, and how do you study and create music that serves a visual or narrative context?

The Music for Radio, Film, Television and Multimedia topic: how music supports image and narrative through the concepts, scoring techniques, and applying it across performance, composition and musicology
A guide to the Music 1 topic of music for radio, film, television and multimedia. How music supports image and narrative, scoring techniques such as leitmotif and underscoring, the role of the concepts, and how the topic feeds composition, performance and musicology.
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How do you study popular music and jazz analytically through the concepts, beyond simply enjoying them?

The Popular Music and Jazz topics: studying song forms, grooves, harmony and improvisation through the concepts, and applying them across performance, composition and musicology electives
A guide to the Music 1 popular music and jazz topics. Studying song forms, grooves, harmonic patterns, production and improvisation through the concepts of music, and applying them across performance, composition and musicology electives at HSC level.
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