Experimenting with Music, Performer Rationale.
A rationale justifies the choices of stimulus source material, including the choice of context and area of inquiry, and will help students to spotlight specific aspects of their experimentation leading to a more in-depth—rather than wide-ranging—engagement with the musical material in this report. For your creation rationale focus on Area of Inquiry 2: This area focuses on music that expresses and communicates intrinsic aesthetic values. Such music is sometimes referred to as absolute music or fine arts music. Examples: Chamber music (western art music), Cool Jazz, Experimental music. Students should also focus on music from a Local Context: This includes music that has local significance, but that may be unfamiliar to the student. This can be music from within the student’s local, regional or cultural communities, and may include music that the student is not currently engaged with. Students should use their performance stimulus piece analyses as the basis for their ration...