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IB Music

Exploring, experimenting with and presenting music from diverse places and traditions, as a researcher, creator and performer.

  • Group 6, the arts
  • SL and HL
  • First assessment 2022

What Augment has for Music

For Music, Augment has the syllabus and how the subject is assessed. There are no questions, notes or flashcards for it yet.

Both are below, and they come straight from the subject guide, so they are worth reading before you choose your subjects.

Counted on 20 October 2026

The Music syllabus

6 topics and 23 subtopics, first assessment 2022. HL is everything here; 7 parts marked HL only are left out at SL.

  1. 1Areas of inquiry

    1. 1.1Music for sociocultural and political expression
    2. 1.2Music for listening and performance
    3. 1.3Music for dramatic impact, movement and entertainment
    4. 1.4Music technology in the electronic and digital age
  2. 2Contexts

    1. 2.1Personal context
    2. 2.2Local context
    3. 2.3Global context
  3. 3Exploring music in context

    1. 3.1Exploring as a researcher
    2. 3.2Musical analysis
    3. 3.3Exploring as a creator
    4. 3.4Exploring as a performer
  4. 4Experimenting with music

    1. 4.1Experimenting as a researcher
    2. 4.2Experimenting as a creator
    3. 4.3Experimenting as a performer
  5. 5Presenting music

    1. 5.1Presenting as a researcher
    2. 5.2Presenting as a creator
    3. 5.3Presenting as a performer
  6. 6The contemporary music makerHL only

    1. 6.1Developing an artistic visionHL only
    2. 6.2Planning projectsHL only
    3. 6.3Managing a projectHL only
    4. 6.4Process evidence in the multimedia presentationHL only
    5. 6.5CollaborationHL only
    6. 6.6Presenting the musicHL only

How Music is assessed

From the subject guide, with a table for each level.

Standard Level

2 exams, internal assessment 30% of the grade.

ComponentTimeMarksWeight
Exploring music in context

– · 24 marks

A portfolio of up to 2,400 words of written work, one creating exercise (up to 32 bars or 1 minute) and one performed adaptation (up to 2 minutes).

–2430%
Experimenting with musicInternal

Coursework · 28 marks

An experimentation report of up to 1,500 words with three related creating excerpts and three related performing excerpts (up to 5 minutes each set).

Coursework2830%
Presenting music

– · 38 marks

Programme notes of up to 600 words, compositions or improvisations up to 6 minutes, and solo or ensemble performances up to 12 minutes.

–3840%

Higher Level

2 exams, internal assessment 50% of the grade.

ComponentTimeMarksWeight
Exploring music in context

– · 24 marks

A portfolio of up to 2,400 words of written work, one creating exercise (up to 32 bars or 1 minute) and one performed adaptation (up to 2 minutes).

–2420%
Experimenting with musicInternal

Coursework · 28 marks

An experimentation report of up to 1,500 words with three related creating excerpts and three related performing excerpts (up to 5 minutes each set).

Coursework2820%
Presenting music

– · 38 marks

Programme notes of up to 600 words, compositions or improvisations up to 6 minutes, and solo or ensemble performances up to 12 minutes.

–3830%
The contemporary music makerInternal

Coursework · 32 marks

A continuous multimedia presentation of up to 15 minutes showing your collaborative project’s proposal, process, evaluation and result.

Coursework3230%
Every paper, the IA and grade boundaries

Questions about Music

Useful for Music

  • Assessment and boundariesEach Music paper in full, the internal assessment and grade boundaries by session.
  • Grade calculatorTurn marks into a grade, or six grades and the core into Diploma points.

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