Overview

Framework:
RQF
Level:
Level 1
Unit No:
Y/506/6721
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
24 hours

Assessment Guidance

Portfolio of Evidence

Unit Learning Outcomes

1

Know about time signatures.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1

    Identify the pulse in short pieces of music to show recognition of common time signatures.

  • 1.2

    State the key differences between simple and compound time signatures.


2

Know about rhythm.

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1

    Outline how rhythm is being used in a short melody. 

  • 2.2

    Identify rhythmic accompaniments in a short piece of music.

  • 2.3

    Identify the components of a rhythmic pattern or loop.


3

Be able to reproduce a melody.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1

    Reproduce a recently heard simple melody (with voice or instrument) with reasonable fidelity.


4

Be able to recognise chord patterns and harmonic changes.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1

    Identify simple chord patterns in a short piece of music (e.g. in a 12 bar blues).

  • 4.2

    Recognise the harmonic changes of a short piece of music.


5

Be able to recognise changes of dynamic, articulation and tempo.

Assessment Criteria

  • 5.1

    Identify changes in dynamics in a short piece of music.

  • 5.2

    Identify differences in articulation in a short piece of music.

  • 5.3

    Identify changes in tempo in a short piece of music.