{"id":3425,"date":"2026-04-12T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/music-1-2-unit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:59:44","slug":"music-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/hsc\/hsc-subjects\/music-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Music 1 (2 unit)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary Course <\/strong>[Board Developed Course] 2 units
HSC<\/strong> Course <\/strong>[Board Developed Course] 2 units<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites: Music Mandatory Study Course
Exclusions: Music 2; Music Extension<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the Preliminary and HSC courses, students will study music through learning experiences in performing, listening and creating within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres. In addition to core studies in performance, aural skills and composition, students nominate one elective study in either Performance, Composition or Musicology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music 1 students are not eligible to take Music Extension in Year 12. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Main Topics Covered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The focus areas for study are:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  • Context of Music<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Creative Practice<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Music in Focus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    HSC course<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Music of the last 25 years (Australian focus)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Music across cultures, traditions and time<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Music for screen, stage and story<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Assessment \u2013 HSC Course Only<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/td>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/td>INTERNAL ASSESSMENT<\/strong><\/td>WEIGHTING<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
      Core <\/strong>

      Performance (one piece)

      Aural Skills examination (consisting of written answers to musical stimuli)

      Submitted composition

      Elective<\/strong>
      One elective \u2013 either Performance, Composition or Musicology<\/td>      		20


      40


      20


      \u00a0
      20<\/td>      		Knowledge and understanding of course content

      Skills in performance, composition and musicology<\/td>      		50 \u00a0


      50<\/td><\/tr>
       <\/td>100<\/td> <\/td>100<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Course Description Preliminary Course [Board Developed Course] 2 unitsHSC Course [Board Developed Course] 2 units Prerequisites: Music Mandatory Study CourseExclusions: Music 2; Music Extension In the Preliminary and HSC courses, students will study music through learning experiences in performing, listening and creating within the context of a range of styles, periods and genres. In addition to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":3402,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4068,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3425\/revisions\/4068"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}