STUDENT PROFILE

Name:_______________________________ Date:___________

Instruments/Voice

Instrumental Teacher

Grade (if any)

Which extra-curricular activities (inside and outside of school) will you be committed to this term?

Comments on your instrumental/vocal progress (what are you good at, what do you need to do now to improve
technique, performing in public, sight-reading, playing from memory etc):

HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU

not
very

at reading musical notation?

at composing a piece on your own?
at performing in an ensemble?
at talking about music?
at using garageband/logic pro?
at writing about music?
at performing solo?

HOW OFTEN DO YOU

practise your instrument each week?
come down to the music department to spend time with
other musicians?
listen to music each week?
go to concerts separate from school?
Why did you take Music as a GCSE option?

What do YOU want to get out of this course?

ok

very good

Further comments/details
that youd like staff to know

Musical Theory Knowledge Profile

Please be honest in your answers. It does not
matter how much or how little you know at the
start of the course, but it is important to gain an
accurate understanding of what you already know
and understand.
HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU At
Treble clef notation?
Bass clef notation?
Notation of rhythms?
Understanding dynamics?
Major key signatures?
Minor key signatures?
Knowledge of different scales? (e.g. major, minor,
modes, chromatic, pentatonic)
Understanding chords?
Cadences?
Musical devices? (e.g drone, pedal, ostinato, arpeggio
etc)
Explaining different textures?
Explaining different structures?

not
very

ok

very good

Further comments/details
that youd like staff to know