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Diploma del Bachillerato Internacional · IB Diploma

Music · HL

Papers, samples and curriculum documents for this course. · ⁨Papeles, muestras y documentos curriculares para este curso.⁩

← Exams · ⁨Exámenes⁩

Course units and learning goals · ⁨Unidades del curso y objetivos de aprendizaje⁩

These lessons teach selected course objectives. Check the remaining coverage gaps; the material is not a complete preparation programme. · ⁨Estas lecciones enseñan objetivos del curso seleccionados. Revisa los vacíos de cobertura restantes; el material no es un programa completo de preparación.⁩

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.
HL contemporary music-maker · Collaborative real-life music project
  • Plan and realize a collaborative musical project
  • Document proposal, process, evaluation and realized outcome in multimedia
musical collaboration
Coordinated music-making involving shared and individual contributions.
curation
Purposeful selection and arrangement of material for presentation.

Preparing for this qualification · ⁨Preparación para esta cualificación⁩

  • 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 · ⁨Cobertura docente aún necesaria⁩

  • 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 · ⁨Especificaciones y documentos de muestra⁩

Course materials · ⁨Materiales del curso⁩

Course preparation · ⁨Preparación del curso⁩

Documents are available. Board-specific notes, assessments and interactive past-paper practice are not yet available for every course. · ⁨Los documentos están disponibles. Las notas específicas de la entidad evaluadora, las evaluaciones y la práctica interactiva deantiguos exámenes no están disponibles aún para todos los cursos.⁩

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