Interpretation and technique, including the analytical reasoning a program note requires.
These are the statements the Music 2 syllabus makes about Performance. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.
A substantial performance program demonstrating technique and interpretation.
Stylistic awareness and the interpretive decisions that follow from it.
Technical command across the demands of a program, including tone and intonation.
Writing accurate analytical program notes about the works performed.
Collaborative performance, balancing and cueing with other musicians.
Structured practice and honest evaluation of progress against the program's demands.
HSC Music 2 - Written Paper Shape is 60 marks in 120 minutes. Questions on Performance are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Music 2 uses.
Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.
Performance is module 5 of 5 in Music 2. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Music 2 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.