ATAR Notes: HSC Year 12 Music (1, 2, and Extension) Notes (2024-2027)

These comprehensive Notes cover the entire Year 12 Music course, including Music 1, Music 2, and Music Extension. They contain essential theory from each course to set you up with the foundational musicology and aural skills needed to succeed in Music. Assessment advice for composition, performance, essays, sight singing, and viva voce are also included with extensive step-by-step instructions, examples, and tips from a top-scoring student to help you achieve your best marks in assessments and exams.

Emily Zhou is a passionate musician with over 15 years experience studying piano and music theory. She received a Band 6/E4 for Music 2 and Music Extension and was a scholarship student at the Sydney Conservatorium.

Contents

• I Musicology and aural skills
  • 1 Concepts of music
  • Orchestral score reading
• II Topics
  • 1 Mandatory topic (Music 2 only)
  • 2 Additional topics
• III Musicology
  • 1 Viva voce (Music 1)
  • 2 Essay (Music 2 and Music Extension)
  • 3 Melodic dictation (Music 2 only)
• IV Composition
  • 1 Starting your Composition
  • 2 Techniques and motivic development
  • 3 Finishing touches
• V Performance
  • 1 Starting Out
  • 2 Performance Day
  • 3 Sight-singing (Music 2 only)