GCSE Music 

Creative Task

 

The creative task enables candidates to demonstrate their musical understanding learned from their study in a practical way. Candidates will be able to draw on their understanding from Area of Study 1, 2 or 4.

 

Candidates will create and communicate a short piece of music in response to a stimulus set by OCR. They will undertake this under controlled conditions. They will communicate their piece either through a performance on their instrument/voice, or through a performance using ICT or by writing it down.

 

A choice of six stimuli will be offered. Candidates will choose one of the following:

• a rhythmic phrase: 2 bars of 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, or 6/8 (AoS 1)

• a note pattern: up to 9 notes (printed in staff notation with letter names) (AoS 1)

• a melodic phrase: 8 bars to which a second part (descant or bass line) can be added (AoS 2)

• a chord sequence: up to 5 chords (printed as triads, with chord names and tablature). (AoS 1 and/or 2)

• a set of words: up to eight lines in length (AoS 1)

• music to describe a sequence of events (AoS 4).