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Music
New National Qualifications
Music sits within the expressive arts curriculum area.
Finalised documents have now been published for all the new Curriculum for Excellence Advanced Highers. This means that, along with the documents that were published last April, finalised Course and Unit documents are now available for all the new qualifications, from National 2 to Advanced Higher. These documents contain both mandatory information (in the Specifications) and advice and guidance (in the Support Notes). You can download all of these documents for this subject from our download page, using the button below, or use our check-box facility to download a selection of documents.
Assessment support materials are also now available for all the new National 2, National 3, National 4 and National 5 qualifications. Information on Course assessment support material (such as Specimen Question Papers and coursework information) is available on the National 5 subject page and, for all National 2 to National 5 qualifications, information on how to access Unit assessment support materials can be found on each subject page.
Following the development of these support materials, some documents with mandatory information (in particular the Course Assessment Specifications) will be updated with further information and clarifications by mid-June. In line with our standard practice, these documents will contain version information and a note of changes, if necessary. This will ensure that you can recognise the most up-to-date documents.
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Development process
The final documents have been published following a lengthy engagement process. Find out how we got here. Considerable work has been carried out by the Curriculum Area Review Groups (CARGs), the Qualifications Design Teams (QDTs) and Subject Working Groups (SWGs) to develop the final documents.
At each stage of the qualification development process, we publish draft documents outlining our proposals and plans.
Visit our timeline to find out when the next documents for each qualification will be published.
Key Points
- provides broad practical experience of performing and creating music and develops related knowledge and understanding of music
- provides opportunities for learners to develop composing skills and broaden their understanding of music concepts and styles
- has Units that offer many opportunities for skills to be developed and integrated throughout the Course
- has a hierarchical Unit structure that provides progression from National 3 to Higher
- has added value assessments that provide personalisation and choice in performances at National 4, National 5 and Higher. Question papers also provide added value at National 5 and Higher
The structure of the Music Course has been revised due to the introduction of the new Suite of Music Technology Courses at National 3 to Higher. These Courses have been designed to complement and be compatible with the Music Technology Courses.
A revised music concept list has been produced for the Courses from National 3 to Higher.
