Hello Jim and Anton I appreciate the examples given for the teaching of this IB course. However, all the examples and units seem to be for students who have a fairly high level of musical literacy. IB says it welcomes students with little or...
Site FeedbackDear Joanne, Apologies for not getting to your question sooner. Here is my response: Your student is technically correct that neither the IBDP Music Guide nor the DP Music Additional Guidance...
Contemporary Music Maker - Student SamplesHello Laura, Thanks for posting your question, and I am happy you found some of the feedback helpful. The experimenting process must delve into an area that is unfamiliar to the student. Therefore, the contexts need to be local or global. Certainly,...
Experimenting as a CreatorSorry - I didn't finish my thought. Do the pieces that they use to influence their experiments have to come from a local or global context as well, or can they be from a personal context?
Experimenting as a CreatorThank you, it does. With regards to the other pieces of music that have influence the experimenting process, are there any restrictions for the context of those pieces? I know that the original source material must be from either a local or global...
Experimenting as a CreatorHi Laura, Excellent question. Yes, generally the "source material" and the "stimulus" refer to the same piece. Regardless of what it is called, it is very important to be clear about the piece of music on which the experiment is based....
Experimenting as a CreatorThanks for this notification, Laura. I will be forwarding this to InThinking Tech support, as I don't know why this is happening. You may want to try using another browser, as this has worked when this issue came up in the past. It may ask you to...
Experimenting - Sample 3 (Grade 6) May 2025Hi, the student work for this student sample is blank. Thanks, Laura
Experimenting - Sample 3 (Grade 6) May 2025Hi Jim and Anton, I would like to ask a clarifying question. Throughout the inthinking pages relating to the experimenting portfolio, specifically experimenting as a creator, there is mention of 'source material' and 'stimulus'. Are these words synonyms...
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Site authorDear Kirsten, Thank you so much for your comment here, and I am happy to read that the examples have been helpful to you. Regarding the materials here, all units have been designed to be adaptable and, where necessary, can...
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