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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Explore the range and scope of instrument or voice
   • Develop control of the physical characteristics of instrument or voice, and apply to performance
   • Extend control over the range and scope of instrument or voice
   • Explore capability of instrument or voice in line with repertoire requirements
2. Maintain and care for instrument or voice
   • Use appropriate methods and cleaning products to care for, safely move and store instruments and accessories
   • Set up and/or warm up the instrument or voice as required
   • Tune the instrument appropriately to the required standard and in line with tuning conventions
3. Use personal practice time to extend technical skills
   • Listen to own work to identify technical deficiencies, and monitor and adjust intonation, harmonies, sound colour and rhythm
   • Plan and use personal practice time to achieve performance goals
   • Play or sing a set of technical exercises and/or studies appropriate to the instrument or voice and selected repertoire as advised by teacher or mentor
   • Practise and perform using correct posture and techniques to avoid injuries in line with health and safety principles
   • Seek and integrate feedback from relevant people to guide practice
4. Perform pieces
   • Play or sing pieces and/or accompaniments from a range of repertoire, ensuring that technical requirements are met
   • Perform all work following agreed tempi and musical markings where relevant
   • Listen and adjust techniques to improve sound control and intonation, and to achieve variation in sound and tone
5. Evaluate own performance
   • Listen to the work of professional musicians to set performance goals, and evaluate own performance against those goals
   • Integrate feedback from others with own observations to improve own performance and level of skill development

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

practise and play or sing a selected set of exercises and/or studies

perform at least three pieces in selected area of specialisation that demonstrate mastery of technical requirements of performance repertoire, including control of agreed tempi and musical markings, intonation, rhythm and appropriate sound colour

implement practical plans to improve own performance

incorporate feedback from others and own evaluations into development of performance skills.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

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Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

describe instrument or voice parts, physical characteristics, applications, range and capabilities

outline how to care for voice or instrument, and describe work health and safety principles as they apply to performance practice

describe technical skills relevant to voice or instrument.

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