Elements and Performance Criteria
- Keep up to date with technologies that can be used to compose music
- Research developments in computer software and hardware relevant to music composition
- Analyse recordings of music composed using electronic devices as a way of generating ideas in relation to own music practice
- Identify factors that may impact on incorporation of electronic devices into the composition of planned pieces, in consultation with appropriate people
- Generate ideas for musical pieces
- Clarify scope of composition brief with appropriate people
- Prepare a plan for completing work in line with the requirements of the brief, and negotiate a contract as required
- Brief other people involved in the composition project as required
- Use features of relevant software and/or electronic devices to generate a range of musical ideas or starting points, and experiment with options for realising them
- Investigate the potential of basic structural elements for achieving the desired effect
- Refine ideas in discussion with appropriate people
- Create musical pieces
- Use electronic media safely, and apply a range of compositional techniques to organise musical elements into working versions of musical pieces
- Listen to work in progress with appropriate people, and seek feedback on creative and technical aspects of compositions
- Incorporate ideas and suggestions into final compositions
- Attend rehearsals or workshops where compositions are being played, and make adjustments to compositions as required
- Attach copyright notices to compositions
- Present all compositions in required file format by agreed deadline
- Evaluate own musical compositions
- Identify criteria to provide an effective measure of the success of own compositions
- Compare work against previous compositions to assess development of techniques and ideas
- Discuss strengths and weaknesses of compositions with appropriate people to identify strategies for improving own skills in composing music using electronic media