GCSE Music Technology (NCFE)

15 free revision lessons in 5 units. Open the course or go straight to a lesson.

Music Technology & the Music Business

Roles, development of music tech, marketing, promotion & distribution

1. Roles & Responsibilities in the Music Business
2. The Development of Music Technology
3. Marketing, Promotion & Distribution

The Digital Audio Workstation

Hardware components, software functions, creating audio & health and safety

1. DAW Hardware Components
2. DAW Software Functions
3. Creating Audio with a DAW & Health and Safety

Musical Elements, Style & Technology

Structural sections, form, melody, harmony, rhythm, instrumentation & musical styles

1. Structural Sections, Form & Melody
2. Harmony, Rhythm & Instrumentation
3. Musical Styles & Technology Through the Decades

Sound Creation

Sound for media, Foley, synthesis, sampling, arranging & exporting

1. Sound Creation for Media
2. Methods of Sound Creation
3. Arranging & Exporting Sounds

Multitrack Recording

Studio equipment, planning sessions, recording, mixing & stereo mixdowns

1. Recording Studio Equipment & Safety
2. Planning & Undertaking Multitrack Recordings
3. Mixing & Stereo Mixdowns

How to revise Music Technology

• Retrieval Practice
• Dual Coding
• Elaborative Interrogation
• Signal Flow Diagrams
• Listening & Analysis Practice
• Practice Questions Under Timed Conditions
• Knowledge Organisers

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