Writing and producing music with the tools available, and knowing what each tool is for.
These are the statements the Music - Year 10 syllabus makes about Composition, Technology and Production. 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.
DAW workflow and project structure - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
MIDI, virtual instruments and sampling - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
Recording: microphones, levels and takes - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
Mixing: balance, panning, EQ - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
Effects and space - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
Song structure and arrangement - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
Collaboration and version control - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
Mastering and delivery formats - Composition, Technology and Production, Year 10.
Year 10 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Composition, Technology and Production 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 - Year 10 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.
Composition, Technology and Production is module 2 of 3 in Music - Year 10. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.
Dux diagnoses Music - Year 10 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.