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Assessment
Experimenting - Sample 1 (Grade 7) May 2026 Free
The creating sample in this experiment addresses AoI4. The use of electronic music was unfamiliar to the student who selected the global context. Specifically, the student sought to develop a better...
Assessment
Experimenting Samples - May 2026 Free
On these pages, you will find a series of student samples from the May 2026 assessment period. This was the fifth year of assessment for the DP Music Subject Guide, adopted in 2020 with the first assessment...
Essentials for Teachers
Songscription - AI Tools for Educators
Songscription is an AI transcription platform that turns audio or video into sheet music, MIDI, tabs, or MusicXML. It accepts audio, video, YouTube/Instagram/TikTok links, browser recordings, and MIDI...
Activities
Presenting as a Creator
As an introductory session in the "Using Music Technology" series, this page provides ideas for you to generate material for an original composition. For these activities, the genre of lo-fi has been...
Activities
Getting Started
The IB will not prescribe the type or format of any music technology program. These decisions will be made by the teacher, the school and/or possibly you, and will depend on several points including preference,...
Getting Started
New Teachers - Start Here Free
Whether you are an experienced music educator or teaching the IB curriculum for the first time, this course offers an exciting, student-centred framework that develops the holistic musician. The IBDP...
Getting Started
Musical Identity
Just as it is important for a student to define their own musical identity as the IB Music DP course begins, it is equally important that a teacher understand their own background with their own teaching...
Review/Revision
Experimenting with Music
Many teachers and students regard the Experimenting with Music as one of the more elusive and therefore frustrating components. If you feel a bit anxious about this component, you are not alone. The marking...
Activities
Cage - For the Percussionist I
This page has emerged as a result of teachers asking for ideas on how student percussionists could approach Exploring Music as a Performer. One needs to remember that you need to select music written...
Activities
Lesson 4 - TV Theme Music
Over the past three lessons, we analysed iconic works to identify creating conventions for 1980s/1990s instrumental TV theme music. This lesson consolidates those findings in preparation for their application...