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Performing

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

How do you perform well as part of a group, keeping together, balanced and listening to one another?

Perform as part of an ensemble by keeping together in time, balancing your part with the others, listening and watching, and blending to make a unified group performance
A clear answer to the N(A)-Level Music performing outcome on ensemble skills. Keeping together in time, balancing your part so the melody is heard, listening and watching the group, blending tone, and starting and ending together.
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How do you play the right notes and rhythms and keep a steady beat throughout a performance?

Perform with accurate pitch and rhythm, keep a steady tempo, count carefully, and use tools such as a metronome to build reliable timing
A clear answer to the N(A)-Level Music performing outcome on accuracy and timing. Playing the correct pitches and rhythms, keeping a steady tempo, counting and subdividing the beat, using a metronome, and recovering smoothly from slips.
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How do you choose and prepare a piece for performance, and how do you practise it well?

Choose a suitable performance piece, work out a practice plan, break difficult passages into small sections, and prepare steadily toward a confident performance
A clear, step-by-step answer to the N(A)-Level Music performing outcome on preparation. Choosing a piece at the right level, making a practice plan, breaking hard passages into small sections, practising slowly, and building toward a confident performance.
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How do you make a performance musical and expressive through dynamics, phrasing and articulation?

Shape a performance expressively using dynamics, phrasing and articulation, following the markings in the score and making musical choices beyond accurate notes
A clear answer to the N(A)-Level Music performing outcome on expression. Using dynamics, shaping phrases with rise and fall, articulation such as legato and staccato, following the score's markings, and going beyond accurate notes to a musical performance.
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