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LEVEL OF ABILITY MARKS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
- no specific focus on any musical elements as compositional
features;
- absence of the use of expressive elements (tempo, dynamics
and articulation) or of interpretation of the elements of
specific genre and style; and,
- poor use of scoring, recording and reflection.

Composition – Arrangement (35 marks)

LEVEL OF ABILITY MARKS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Outstanding 31 – 35 Candidate’s composition demonstrates:

- highly imaginative use of musical/extra musical stimuli in
developing original compositional ideas;
- excellent sense of structure and unity;
- effective exploitation of vocal and instrumental forces to
effectively express NEW musical ideas;
- excellent interpretation of expressive elements (tempo,
dynamics and articulation); and creative manipulation of the
elements of specific genres/styles;
- excellent use of scoring, recording and reflection.

Good 25 – 30 Candidate’s composition demonstrates:

- imaginative use of musical/extra musical stimuli in
developing original compositional ideas;
- strong sense of structure and unity;
- good exploitation of vocal and instrumental forces to
effectively express NEW musical ideas;
- creative manipulation of at least TWO musical elements as
compositional features;
- good interpretation and creative manipulation of the
elements of specific genres/styles and expressive elements;
and,
- good use of scoring, recording and reflection.

Fairly Good 19 – 24 Candidate’s composition demonstrates:

- 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 NEW musical ideas;
- fairly creative manipulation of at least TWO musical
elements as compositional features;

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