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It describes key subject aims, including developing students’ engagement with music, broader life skills, musical skills for solo and group making, and appreciation of diverse music. It also outlines qualification content across performing, composing, and listening and appraising, and provides assessment-related guidance for entering students, authentication, and controlled assessment requirements.","Speci cation  \nEdexcel GCSE in Music (2MU01) For rst certi cation 2014  \nIssue 3  \nPearson Education Ltd is one of the UK’s largest awarding organisations, offering academic and vocational qualifications and testing to schools, colleges, employers and other places of learning, both in the UK and internationally. Qualifications offered include GCSE, AS andA Level, NVQ and our BTEC suite of vocational qualifications, ranging from Entry Level to BTEC Higher National Diplomas. Pearson Education Ltd administers Edexcel GCSE examinations.  \nThrough initiatives such as onscreen marking and administration, Pearson is leading the way in using technology to modernise educational assessment, and to support teachers and learners.  \nThis specification is Issue 3. Key changes are sidelined. We will inform centres of any changes to this issue. The latest issue can be found on the Edexcel website: [www.edexcel.com](www.edexcel.com)  \nReferences to third-party material made in this specification are made in good faith. We do not endorse, approve or accept responsibility for the content of materials, which may be subject to change, or any opinions expressed therein.(Material may include textbooks, journals, magazines and other publications and websites.)  \nAuthorised by Martin Stretton Prepared by Matthew Gregory Publications Code UG030073  \nAll the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Limited 2012  \nIntroduction  \nThe Edexcel GCSE in Music is designed for use in schools and colleges. It is part of a suite of GCSE qualifications offered by Edexcel.  \nAbout this specification  \nThis new Edexcel GCSE in Music has been developed after considerable consultation with relevant stakeholders. Prominent among these are music teachers whose views and advice have, where possible, been acted on. The structure of the new qualification is largely unaltered.  \nThe main features are:  \n■ it continues the philosophy of the current specification in music  \n■ it is flexible and encourages the use of a diversity of approaches when teaching music  \n■ it offers a broad range of Areas of Study  \n■ the Areas of Study now include set works that will remain in place throughout the life of the specification  \n■ it allows the use of music technology in performance and as a compositional tool  \n■ it is good preparation for further musical study and provides a foundation for Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced GCE in Music and Music Technology  \n■ it encourages students to evaluate their own and others’ music  \n■ it encourages students to become effective and independent learners and critical and reflective thinkers.  \nKey subject aims  \nThe Edexcel GCSE in Music specification should:  \n■ encourage students to be inspired, moved and changed by following a broad, coherent, satisfying and worthwhile course of study  \n■ develop broader life skills and attributes, including critical and creative thinking, aesthetic sensitivity, emotional awareness, cultural understanding, self-discipline, self-confidence and self-motivation  \n■ enable students to engage actively in the study of music  \n■ develop musical skills and interests, including the ability to make music individually and in groups  \n■ enable students to understand and appreciate a range of different kinds of music.  \nEdexcel GCSE in Music Specification © Pearson Education Limited 2012  1   \nContents  \n Specification at a glance 4   \n A  Qualification content 6   \nList of unit contents 7  Unit 1: Performing Music 8  Overview 8  Detailed unit content 10  Application of the assessment criteria grids 14  Unit 2: Composing Music 44  Overview 44  Detailed unit content 46  Application of the assessment criteria grids: Composing 48   \nApplication of the assessment criteria grids: Arranging 53  Unit 3: Music – Listening and Appraising 59  Overview 59  Detailed unit content 61   \n B  Assessment 63   \nAssessment summary 63  \nAssessment Objectives and weightings 64  Relationship of Assessment Objectives to units","cbCaigVIraf4YMji","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigVIraf4YMji","pdf",2062759,1,83,"English","en",105,"# Specification at a glance\n## A Qualification content\n## List of unit contents\n## B Assessment\n## Assessment summary\n## C Resources, support and training\n## D Appendices","[{\"question\":\"What are the main units covered in the Edexcel GCSE in Music (2MU01) specification?\",\"answer\":\"The specification comprises three units: Unit 1 Performing Music, Unit 2 Composing Music, and Unit 3 Music—Listening and Appraising.\"},{\"question\":\"What key capabilities and learning goals does the specification aim to develop?\",\"answer\":\"It aims to inspire students through a broad course of study, develop critical and creative thinking and cultural understanding, and build musical skills for making music individually and in groups.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the qualification designed to support assessment and student entry?\",\"answer\":\"It includes guidance on assessment objectives and weightings, the relationship of assessment objectives to units, and procedures for entering students for assessment, including topics such as controlled assessment and authentication.\"}]","Edexcel GCSE in Music (2MU01) - 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