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LEVEL OF ABILITY MARKS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
- fairly imaginative use of musical/extra musical stimuli in
developing original compositional ideas;
- reasonable sense of structure and unity;
- fairly good exploitation of vocal and instrumental forces to
effectively express musical ideas;
- fairly creative manipulation of at least TWO musical
elements as compositional features;
- fairly effective use of expressive elements (tempo, dynamics
and articulation);
- workable interpretation of the elements of specific genre and
style; and, fairly good use of scoring, recording and
reflection.

Moderate 13 – 18 Candidate’s composition demonstrates:

- adequate use of musical/extra musical stimuli in developing
original compositional ideas;
- adequate sense of structure and unity;
- adequate exploitation of vocal and instrumental forces to
effectively express musical ideas;
- some attempt to manipulate at least TWO musical
elements/expressive elements (tempo, dynamics and
articulation) as compositional features;
- some evidence of interpretation of the elements of specific
genre and style; and,
- adequate use of scoring, recording and reflection.

Limited 7 – 12 Candidate’s composition demonstrates:

- mechanical use of musical/extra musical stimuli in
developing original compositional ideas;
- inadequate sense of structure and unity;
- limited exploitation of vocal and instrumental forces to
effectively express musical ideas;
- negligible focus on musical elements/expressive elements
(tempo, dynamics and articulation) as compositional
features;
- limited evidence of interpretation of the elements of specific
genre and style; and,
- weak use of scoring, recording and reflection.

Very Limited 0 – 6 Candidate’s composition demonstrates:

- unimaginative use of musical/extra musical stimuli in
developing original compositional ideas;
- no clear sense of structure and unity;
- very limited exploitation of vocal and instrumental forces to
effectively express musical ideas;

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