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GCSE: Music
156 GCSE Music essays
- Marked by Teachers essays 23
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Describe the features of music in Electric Counterpoint
4 star(s)This is a good essay on one of the 12 sets works listed in the EDEXCEL GCSE anthology. The writer has written in detail about many of the key features…
- Essay length: 497 words
- Submitted: 24/10/2012
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
19/12/1999
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Comment on How Schoenburg Uses the Following Music Elements in Peripetie from Five Orchestral Pieces
4 star(s)This is a good evaluation of the extract and includes most of the important points. I would recommend that the writer structures the essay under the headings bulleted in the…
- Essay length: 569 words
- Submitted: 01/10/2012
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
19/12/1999
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Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor Section B
4 star(s)This is a well written essay with a lot of detail. I have concerns that the writer does not really understand how keys are explored in the Sonata. The writer…
- Essay length: 1412 words
- Submitted: 27/04/2012
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
08/01/2013
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Integrated Task Commentary. For my performance I have chosen a Trinity Guildhall Grade 5 piece called Lime Tree Bay. It is a jazz piece composed by a session musician and composer called Malcolm Ball. I will play my own interpretation of this particular p
4 star(s)This is a well written essay although I wonder if the use of overly complicated words has clouded the clarity of what the writer is trying to say. The final…
- Essay length: 1010 words
- Submitted: 13/08/2011
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
08/01/2013
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Music Composition Brief 2
4 star(s)This composition sounds well organised and makes excellent use of a number of minimalism techniques. I would have liked the writer to discuss how other elements of music contribute to…
- Essay length: 1101 words
- Submitted: 24/05/2011
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
08/01/2013
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Composition analysis
4 star(s)The composer here has clearly understood how to create a piece of expressionist music. They have accurately described the use of a number of techniques that are regularly used in…
- Essay length: 553 words
- Submitted: 31/05/2010
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
19/12/1999
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Music Composition Brief
4 star(s)This is a good analysis of three pieces of music. I feel that the writer could have gone into more detail about what they planned to do in their own…
- Essay length: 531 words
- Submitted: 13/06/2009
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
08/01/2013
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Serialism and Minimalism
4 star(s)This is a very concise but accurate description of 3 musical styles. The writer could have gone into more detail especially in the minimalism section. The writer uses musical vocabulary…
- Essay length: 478 words
- Submitted: 29/05/2009
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
08/01/2013
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Pop music composition
4 star(s)A good description of the composition and musical vocabulary is used well. I would wonder if the chord sequence was just a little bit too complicated but without hearing the…
- Essay length: 1144 words
- Submitted: 31/03/2009
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
19/12/1999
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Blues Music
4 star(s)This essay is a clear and brief description of blues. It includes a number of the main features and talks about the 12 bar blues chord pattern. The writer could…
- Essay length: 355 words
- Submitted: 22/08/2003
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Marked by teacher:
Nathan Smith
08/01/2013
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