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Music
If Music be the food of love, play on!
Subjects
Subject Topics
- Music performance and improvisation
- Solo and ensemble performance.
- Skills in improvisation
- Music literacy
- Music theory and notation
- Harmony
- Composition
- General music knowledge and analysis
- Form and structure
- History
- Music genres
Requirements
- The student must have access to his/her instrument, must have passed at least Grade 2 theory and practical from an accredited examination board, and must be receiving private lessons that focus on (at least) Grade 3 theory and practice.
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- Grade 12: Passed Grade 4, busy with Grade 5 to complete at the end of Grade 12 (Practical & theory.)
Prerequisites
- Private music tuition at own cost
- Relevant external practical music exams at own cost
- Entry into Grade 10:
- Grade 3 practical
- Grade 2/3 Music Theory
Career Opportunities
- Musician
- Teacher
- Sound engineer
A practical exam performance
Ensemble
Improvisation
Class overview recording
A portfolio task by which is an arrangement for piano and strings
GRADE 10
Music Literacy
- Scales (Major/Minor/Pentatonic)
- Intervals (Simple Intervals)
- Transposition/Transcription
- Time Signatures (Simple/Compound)
- Triads
- Cadences
- Stock Progressions
- Four-Part Harmony
General Music Knowledge
- Any Instrument offered by a recognized examining body like UNISA/ABRSM/TCL.
- Minimum required standard – Grade 3
Practical
- Any Instrument offered by a recognized examining body like UNISA/ABRSM/TCL.
- Minimum required standard – Grade 4
GRADE 11
Music Literacy
- Scales (Blues/Whole tone/Chromatic)
- Modes
- Intervals (Compound intervals
- Transposition/Transcription
- Time Signatures (Simple/Compound/Irregular)
- Four-Part Harmony
- The Dominant 7th
- Non-Harmonic Notes
General Music Knowledge
- Twentieth Century (Impressionism/Expressionism/Neoclassicism/Serialism)
- Jazz
- The American Musical
- The Romantic Period
- Form Analysis
Practical
- Any Instrument offered by a recognized examining body like UNISA/ABRSM/TCL.
- Minimum required standard – Grade 4
GRADE 12
Music Literacy
- As for Grade 10 and 11
General Music Knowledge
- The Art Song (Romantic Period)
- Jazz
- The American Musical
- Opera
- The Classical Symphony
- South African Urban Music
Practical
- Any Instrument offered by a recognized examining body like UNISA/ABRSM/TCL.
- Minimum required standard – Grade 5
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