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Baccalauréat international · IB Diploma

Music · SL

Papers, samples and curriculum documents for this course. · ⁨Dossiers, échantillons et documents de programme pour ce cours.⁩

← Exams · ⁨Examens⁩

Course units and learning goals · ⁨Unités de cours et objectifs d'apprentissage⁩

These lessons teach selected course objectives. Check the remaining coverage gaps; the material is not a complete preparation programme. · ⁨Ces leçons abordent des objectifs de cours sélectionnés. Vérifiez les lacunes restantes en couverture ; ce matériel ne constitue pas un programme d'entraînement complet.⁩

Exploring music in context · Musical analysis and context
  • Analyse rhythm, melody, harmony, texture and timbre in selected music
  • Connect research to practical creating and performing
texture
How musical parts are combined and related.
timbre
The distinctive quality of a musical sound.
Experimenting with music · Controlled creative experimentation
  • Develop experiments as creator and performer
  • Compare trials through musical evidence and reflective commentary
accent
Emphasis given to a musical event.
experimentation
Purposeful trials used to develop musical understanding and choices.
Presenting music · Resolved work and programme notes
  • Prepare finished creating and performing work
  • Communicate intentions and context through programme notes and practical evidence
programme notes
Written context and explanation accompanying presented music.
improvisation
Music created during performance within chosen constraints.

Preparing for this qualification · ⁨Préparation à cette qualification⁩

  • No written examinations. SL exploring portfolio 30%, experimentation 30%, presenting 40%. HL exploring 20%, experimentation 20%, presenting 30%, contemporary music-maker project 30%.
  • Work as researcher, creator and performer across personal/local/global contexts and four areas of inquiry: sociocultural/political expression; listening/performance; dramatic/movement/entertainment; electronic/digital age. School provides actual scores/audio and performance opportunities.

Teaching coverage still needed · ⁨Couverture pédagogique encore nécessaire⁩

  • Actual scores/audio and researched diverse music across all areas/contexts, practical recordings and HL realized project remain school-supervised.
  • Reviewed runtime bank remains unavailable; no practice registry promotion.

Specifications and sample documents · ⁨Spécifications et documents d'échantillon⁩

Course materials · ⁨Matériel pédagogique⁩

Course preparation · ⁨Préparation du cours⁩

Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · ⁨Les documents sont disponibles. Les notes spécifiques au conseil, les évaluations et la pratique interactive des anciens sujets ne sont pas encore disponibles pour tous les cours.⁩

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