A Level Music: Listening and Appraising

(Question 6 – Set Works)

Assessment Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Objective (1-6) (7-12) (13-18) (19-24) (25-30)
AO3:
DEMONSTRATE Limited awareness of General links made Relevant links Detailed links made Sophisticated links
contextual factors between the music developed between between the music made between the
and APPLY
and the historical, the music and the and the historical, music and the
musical social and cultural historical, social and social and cultural historical, social and
knowledge and context in which it cultural context in context in which it cultural context in
understanding was created and which it was created was created and which it was created
developed and developed developed and developed

AO4:
Use ANNALYTICAL Little reference made General points made, Clear response using Controlled argument Critical and
to texts identifying some relevant musical constructed with evaluative argument
and APPRAISING
musical elements with examples fluently embedded presented with
skills to make Limited organisation general explanation musical examples sustained musical
EVALUATIVE and of ideas of their effects examples
CRITICAL
judgements about Some basic musical
music vocabulary used with Musical vocabulary Satisfactory use of Competent use of Excellent use of
errors/inconsistency used but with some musical vocabulary musical vocabulary musical vocabulary
errors/inconsistency
Little attempt to link
to other relevant Attempts made to Relevant works used Relevant works used Relevant works used
works refer to other works, to make basic points to justify points to justify salient
with some points
errors/inconsistency
 A Level Music: Listening and Appraising
(Question 5 – Unfamiliar Music)

Assessment Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

Objective (1-4) (5-8) (9-12) (13-16) (17-20)

AO3: Identification of Identification of Description of Explanation of Thorough

elements with elements in the elements in the elements in the explanation of
DEMONSTRATE
significant omissions unfamiliar piece unfamiliar piece unfamiliar piece elements in the
and APPLY unfamiliar piece
musical Elements not linked
knowledge and to the genre Implicit links between Elements described Elements explained Elements explained
understanding the genre and mostly linked to the are linked to the are linked to the
element described genre genre genre

AO4: Some basic musical Musical vocabulary Satisfactory use of Competent/good use Excellent use of
vocabulary used with used but with some musical vocabulary of musical vocabulary musical vocabulary
Use ANNALYTICAL
errors/inconsistency errors/inconsistency
and APPRAISING
skills to make Little attempt to link Attempts made to Relevant works used Relevant works used Relevant works used
EVALUATIVE and to other relevant refer to other works, to make basic points to justify points to justify salient
CRITICAL works with some points
judgements about errors/inconsistency
music
Basic musical points Inconsistent musical Musical justification Full musical
Little justification to used as justification justification to provided to support justification to
support links to the to support links to the support links to the links to the genre and support links to the
genre genre and composer’s genre and composer’s composer’s intentions genre and composer’s
intentions intentions intentions