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Year: 2019

Concept(s): Tone colour, Texture

Topic / genre: Dance/Electronic

Composer / artist: ODESZA

Excerpt title: Loyal

Excerpt length: 1:04

Question:

03. Describe how the use of technology has affected tone colour and texture in this excerpt.

Question 3

Criteria	Marks
Describes in detail how technology has affected tone colour and texture Demonstrates a highly developed aural understanding, using well-supported observations and appropriate examples	8
Describes how technology has affected tone colour and texture Demonstrates a developed aural understanding, using appropriate observations and examples	6-7
Demonstrates an understanding of how technology has affected tone colour and texture Demonstrates a competent aural understanding, using observations and examples	4-5
Demonstrates a basic understanding of how technology has affected tone colour and texture Demonstrates a basic aural understanding	2-3
Demonstrates a limited aural understanding of how technology has affected tone colour and texture	1

In better responses, students were able to:

describe the impact of technology and link it seamlessly to both tone colour and texture
incorporate accurate and specific technology terminology, for example dubstep, kicks, sampling, manipulation and synthesizers
explain the effect of reverb, skittering, bass drop and loops, for example, on tone colour and texture
write a focused, detailed and clearly structured response which used appropriate language in relation to technology and the stated concepts.

Areas for students to improve include:

2019 Q3 - HSC Music 1 aural exam revision