HSC Music 2 Exam Thoughts (3 Viewers)

[saltedparsley]

thank you haha
I really enjoyed elective comp, my topic was 1900-1945. Just worried because even though i got 98 internally, i can't predict how my comps will be received by the markers. but accelerating was good because otherwise, i would be doing 4 major works next year.
and yes, i'm looking at music ext! still choosing repertoire.

oh nice i did same extra topic as you then
and 98 internals is really good congrats
4 majors is crazy but less/shorter exams in some cases so maybe it's worth it? idk

what instrument do you play? i did ext performance and i wasn't very good unfortunately but ensemble was definitely fun

if i could choose again i defo wouldn't have done performance elective for both mu2 and ext, too many pieces in too little time on top of ameb and all that

 

[ToeAndShoe]

oh nice i did same extra topic as you then
and 98 internals is really good congrats
4 majors is crazy but less/shorter exams in some cases so maybe it's worth it? idk

what instrument do you play? i did ext performance and i wasn't very good unfortunately but ensemble was definitely fun

if i could choose again i defo wouldn't have done performance elective for both mu2 and ext, too many pieces in too little time on top of ameb and all that

yeah i picked elective comp for music 2 this year because my ameb rep would get in the way if i chose performance elective.
i play piano (lmusa) and violin (grade 7)

 

[saltedparsley]

yeah i picked elective comp for music 2 this year because my ameb rep would get in the way if i chose performance elective.
i play piano (lmusa) and violin (grade 7)

damn double instrument is crazy
i hate pianists on principle but i'll forgive u cause i'm a violinist as well

 

[jinglebells1464646]

yeah i picked elective comp for music 2 this year because my ameb rep would get in the way if i chose performance elective.
i play piano (lmusa) and violin (grade 7)

I only have amusa :9 gunna try again next year, one-dimensional skills (piano only)

 

[jinglebells1464646]

damn double instrument is crazy
i hate pianists on principle but i'll forgive u cause i'm a violinist as well

no wonder you salted

 

[jinglebells1464646]

i wish i could have seen tsuji! also, i saw the prok toccata at encore this year. its a bit repetitive imo.
so far my choices are:
michael kieran karvey Pink Nautilus
rachmaninoff cello sonata 3rd mov
bach bwv 944 fantasia and fugue

it was one of his piano sonatas. can't stand his music.

 

[femboys4life]

it was one of his piano sonatas. can't stand his music.

hell nah u got L taste in music prokofiev is goated

 

[RJ.]

Okay this is only semi related sorry guys but did anyone else doing music 2 and music ext (performance) get callbacks cause idk what repertoire I'm supposed to submit for it 🫠🫠🫠

 

[RJ.]

nvm i'm just stupid they ask you to number pieces 1-6 which is freaky but wtv !!!my essay is gonna bring me down so many marks but the rest of it was ok

 

[saltedparsley]

I only have amusa :9 gunna try again next year, one-dimensional skills (piano only)

ew pianist

 

[ToeAndShoe]

I only have amusa :9 gunna try again next year, one-dimensional skills (piano only)

it's so unnecessarily difficult. you don't need to have the diploma to be an incredible pianist. protect your sanity

 

[RJ.]

it's so unnecessarily difficult. you don't need to have the diploma to be an incredible pianist. protect your sanity

I mean saying its unnecessarily difficult is a bit of a stretch no? But I agree that its only really bragging rights at hs level IMO

But some unis will award adjustment factors for grade 8 amus/elmus when complete in yr 12 alongside the HSC but it doesn't count if you complete it beforehand!! (my friend did elmus on violin/piano I cant remember in yr 11 so it didn't count for the bonus points ) so depending on the overlap between the elmus rep and the hsc rep i'd think it would be worth doing

 

[RJ.]

then again i'm a tuba player so i can't really comment on the difficulty of piano rep lmak

 

[jinglebells1464646]

hell nah u got L taste in music prokofiev is goated

Why is he 'goated' tho? genuinely want to knpw

 

[femboys4life]

Why is he 'goated' tho? genuinely want to knpw

He was a giant of neoclassicism and writing original music in basically a sort of refurbished style to make his own style. He wrote many different types of works and forms, symphonies, concertos for many different instruments, operas, ballets etc. He could imbue a type of character into his pieces that no one else could. Combine lyricism with sarcasm, drama with soaring melodies. He was a pioneer of true modern chromatic displacements (along with other Soviets like Stravinsky). Why isn't he goated?

 

[femboys4life]

what q4 piece did everyone do?

 

[ToeAndShoe]

what q4 piece did everyone do?

I did thomas ades' 'polaris' (not australian, but still last 25 years)

 

[saltedparsley]

what q4 piece did everyone do?

iv trauma from sculthorpe sq no 16 (one with the seagulls)

 

[ToeAndShoe]

iv trauma from sculthorpe sq no 16 (one with the seagulls)

oh that was one of my main influences for my core comp

 

[saltedparsley]

oh that was one of my main influences for my core comp

bruh me too and i didn't even realise until i was like hang on i used the exact same harmonic gliss, open intervals & uncertain tonality