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GCSE Music

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The literacy load sits in the Unit 3 listening paper, where learners give short and extended typed answers on set works and unseen extracts using a long glossary of musical terms, and in the Unit 2 reflective log, which asks them to evaluate their own composing. Numeracy is built into reading and writing music: note values as fractions of a beat, simple and compound time signatures, counting intervals, numbering chords and working to set timings and tempos in BPM. The biggest thing Key Stage 3 should build is the habit of listening closely and then writing precise, well-organised sentences that use the correct musical term, backed by secure rhythm notation.

Corff dyfarnu
CBAC
Lefel
Level 1 and Level 2
Addysgu gyntaf
Medi 2025
Faint o waith llythrennedd
Canolig
Faint o waith rhifedd
Canolig
Manyleb
Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
  • Unit 1: Performing: Non-examination assessment, performance of 4-6 minutes (at least two pieces), marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC, 32.5%, 78 marks
  • Unit 2: Composing: Non-examination assessment, 2 compositions (3-6 minutes total recommended) and a reflective log, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC, 32.5%, 78 marks
  • Unit 3: Appraising: Digital only examination 1 hour 30 minutes, marked by WJEC, 35%, 84 marks

Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol

  1. Note values, rhythm and time signatures

    Asesu: Yn yr arholiad ac mewn gwaith cwrs

    Learners must read and notate rhythms in simple and compound time, which depends on note values as fractions of a beat, dotted notes adding half their value and bars that add up to the time signature. The glossary also lists structures counted in bars, such as the 32 bar song and 12 bar blues.

    Rhifedd: Perthnasoedd yn y system rif, Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol, Cyfrifiad

    Paratoi disgyblion

    Blwyddyn 7
    Pupils clap and write four-beat rhythms using semibreves, minims, crotchets and quavers, checking that each bar adds up to four beats.
    Blwyddyn 8
    Pupils fill incomplete bars in 3/4 and 4/4, including dotted notes worth one and a half times their value, then compose a rhythm ostinato.
    Blwyddyn 9
    Pupils group quavers in 2/4 and 6/8, work out how many quavers fill each beat and bar, then notate a Welsh jig rhythm in compound time.
    Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd

    Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 3, Section 1.3.4, page 15

    “notate rhythms in simple time and compound time.”
    Cam cynnydd 3

    • Rwy'n gallu ddefnyddio dealltwriaeth o gywerthoedd ffracsiynau, degolion a chanrannau syml, e.e. dod o hyd i 25% o 60cm a gwybod bod hyn yn cyfateb i ¼ o 60cm.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio a dehongli cynrychioliadau gwahanol o ffracsiynau, e.e. rhifau cymysg a ffracsiynau pendrwm.

    Cam cynnydd 4

    • Rwy'n gallu cynrychioli cysyniad mewn ffyrdd gwahanol, gan lifo rhwng cynrychioliadau gwahanol gan gynnwys rhai llafar, diriaethol, gweledol, digidol a haniaethol.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio'r pedwar gweithrediad a'r cysylltiadau rhyngddyn nhw, e.e. cymhwyso swm rhannu fel gwrthdro i swm lluosi.

    Cam cynnydd 5

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio fy nealltwriaeth o strwythurau sylfaenol mathemateg a'u cymhwyso mewn cyd-destunau gwahanol.

    • Rwy'n gallu cynrychioli cysyniad mewn ffyrdd gwahanol, gan lifo rhwng cynrychioliadau gwahanol gan gynnwys rhai llafar, diriaethol, gweledol, digidol a haniaethol.

  2. Counting intervals and numbering chords

    Asesu: Yn yr arholiad

    Learners must understand roman numerals for chords I to vi and contemporary chord symbols, read keys with up to four sharps or flats, and name intervals from a semitone to a major 7th. All of these rely on counting steps and working with a numbered symbol system.

    Rhifedd: Cyfathrebu â symbolau, Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol

    Paratoi disgyblion

    Blwyddyn 7
    Pupils count letter names on a keyboard to find a 3rd and a 5th above a note, then build C, F and G chords by missing out every other note.
    Blwyddyn 8
    Pupils number the notes of the C major scale 1 to 8, label chords I, IV and V in roman numerals and play a 12 bar blues from a numbered chord chart.
    Blwyddyn 9
    Pupils count semitones to tell a major 3rd from a minor 3rd, then convert a chord sequence between roman numerals and chord symbols such as C, F, G7 and Am.
    Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd

    Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 3, Section 1.3.4, page 15; Appendix B, page 27

    “roman numerals for chords I, ii, iii, IV, V and vi in a major key”
    Cam cynnydd 3

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol.

    • Rwy'n gallu cynrychioli cysyniad mewn ffyrdd gwahanol, gan lifo rhwng cynrychioliadau gwahanol gan gynnwys rhai llafar, diriaethol, gweledol, digidol a haniaethol.

    Cam cynnydd 4

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol, gan gynnwys mesurau cyfansawdd.

    • Rwy'n gallu gwneud cysylltiadau fel y gellir adeiladu ar gysyniadau mathemategol a'u dyfnhau.

    Cam cynnydd 5

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio nodiant, symbolau ac unedau mesur priodol, gan gynnwys mesurau cyfansawdd.

    • Rwy'n gallu gwneud cysylltiadau fel y gellir adeiladu ar gysyniadau mathemategol a'u dyfnhau.

Da gwybod

Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill

Appendix A ticks all four literacy strands and three numeracy strands (all except statistics and probability) across Units 1 to 3, pages 22 and 23.

Ffynhonnell: WJEC GCSE Music specification, teaching from 2025, for award from 2027, © WJEC CBAC Ltd. 2024 (no version number printed).