How to export from Garageband

Please name your mixes "SURNAME UNIT 4"

Here is a video outlining the export process to produce your mp3 final mixes for submission:

Once you have completed your mp3 mixes. You must then do TWO THINGS:

1. PUT A COPY OF YOUR MIX IN THE FOLDER CALLED
"YEAR 10 UNIT 4 COMPOSITIONS"

2. UPLOAD MP3 TO YOUR NUMU ARTIST PAGE

We will then mark your work to give you a mark and detailed feedback. THANK YOU!

Unit 4 2011 exemplar tunes - MID RANGE MARKS examples

Here are some example of compositions that fit into the mid range mark bands. I have indicated the mark awarded to each example above the given audio player below:

25-21 MARK BAND
For a piece to fit in this mark band it must achieve the following:

• The composition is imaginative and largely satisfying.
• The candidate demonstrates a sound sense of understanding of musical ideas in relation to the Areas of Study selected.
• There is a sense of wholeness in the music with some development of the musical ideas presented.
• Writing for instruments, voices and sound sources demonstrates understanding of the techniques required.
• The score contains sufficient detail to reflect the candidate’s intentions, though some details may be missing.

So these pieces are COMPLETE WITH A SENSE OF FLOW, HAVE A SENSE OF STYLE, GOOD WRITING FOR INSTRUMENTS, GOOD SCORE/WRITE-UP.

This piece received 23 marks:


This piece received 21 marks:


20-16 MARK BAND
For a piece to fit in this mark band it must achieve the following:

• The composition is largely effective.
• The candidate demonstrates some understanding of the musical ideas in relation to the Areas of Study selected.
• There is a competent handling of the musical ideas.
• Writing for instruments, voices and sound sources demonstrates some understanding of the techniques required.
• The score shows some accuracy but may contain some omissions and/or inaccuracies.

These pieces are therefore GOOD, BUT LACK POLISH, MUSICAL IDEAS ARE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED, WRITING FOR INSTRUMENTS IS OK, THERE MIGHT BE STYLISTIC INCONSISTENCIES, SCORE/WRITE-UP IS OK BUT WITH MISTAKES OR INCOMPLETE.
This piece received 19 marks:


This piece received 16 marks:


11-15 MARK BAND
For a piece to fit in this mark band it must achieve the following:

• The composition is partially effective.
• The candidate demonstrates limited understanding of the musical ideas in relation to the Areas of Study selected.
• There are some limitations in the handling of the musical ideas.
• Writing for instruments, voices and sound sources may present inconsistencies in their deployment.
• The score shows some musical ideas clearly.

So compositions that fall into this band are DO NOT HAVE A CONVINCING SENSE OF STYLE, MUSICAL IDEAS MIGHT BE PUT TOGETHER RANDOMLY OR INCONSISTENTLY, WRITING FOR INSTRUMENTS IS BASIC POSSIBLY WITH MISTAKES, THE SCORE/WRITE-UP IS INCOMPLETE AND LACKING ANY DETAIL.

This piece received 14 marks:


This piece received 11 marks:

Unit 4 2011 exemplar tunes - TOP MARKS examples

This is a picture of Miles Davis, why? Because he was cool...oh, and wrote great tunes..

Here are three examples of Unit 4 compositions that fell into the 30-26 marks band which means that the compositions were judged as follows:

• The composition is musically stimulating, interesting and satisfying.
• The candidate demonstrates the successful and imaginative creation of musical ideas in relation to the Areas of Study selected.
• There is a sense of completeness in the music and there is evidence of development of the musical ideas.
• Writing for instruments, voices and sound sources is idiomatic.
• The score is accurate and contains detailed performance directions appropriate to the chosen style of the music.

So what does all this mean? Well, for marks to fall into this band they must have the WOW FACTOR, A CONVINCING SENSE OF STYLE, EXCELLENT WRITING FOR INSTRUMENT, STRONG STRUCTURE and a WELL PRESENTED AND ACCURATE SCORE/WRITE-UP.

The examples below contain a wide variety of stylistic influence but should help to give you a guide to what would be expected of top quality coursework.