These checks and their separate worked feedback are public. They are not secure school assessment instruments. Save your first answer before opening feedback. A sound route is optional; read the exact score, point or direct raised blocks if sound is inaccessible or uncomfortable. A neutral reader/scribe may help without selecting a musical change. The seven-minute response in the teacher script is an initial window; local teachers can extend access time. A credible answer identifies exact evidence and allows other supported interpretations.
Day 5 Check A · fresh gap and lift (File G)
New File G: original beat-grid SVG, searchable PDF, exact text/tactile alternative; optional pure-tone WAV. It has one 4/4 bar at q = 96: beat 1 D4 q, beat 2 rest e, beat 2& F4 e, beat 3 A4 q, beat 4 G4 q; pitches mf. The rest lasts only half a beat. This pattern was not used in practice A–F.
- Show the timing in eight half-beat cells. Label two features that are directly in G: one duration/rest feature and one pitch/contour feature. Verify the bar lasts four beats.
- Make one original four-beat variation by changing either the rest placement or one pitch while keeping a readable timed score. You may speak, tap and name pitches, write, use blocks or direct a neutral partner. State exactly what changed and what stayed.
- Evaluate a possible attention or contour effect using a bar/beat reference. Use “might” or similar wording; state one thing you cannot know from the notation alone, such as an actual performer’s timbre or every listener’s reaction.
Self-check: Did you count the half-beat rest rather than skipping it? Did your variation remain four beats?
Day 10 Check B · fresh two-bar design (File H)
New File H: original beat-grid SVG, searchable PDF, exact text/tactile alternative; optional pure-tone WAV. It has two 4/4 bars at q = 96. Bar 1: E4 q on 1, G4 q on 2, A4 q on 3, G4 q on 4. Bar 2: E4 q on 1, rest q on 2, D4 e on 3, E4 e on 3&, C4 q on 4. Pitched events are mf. H was not used in practice A–F or Check A.
- Compare the two bars. Name two exact differences and one connection using beat/pitch/duration evidence. Explain how the beat-2 rest and beat-3/3& pair shape bar 2.
- Create an original two-bar response that retains one identifiable H feature and changes one feature in bar 2. Both bars must still be four beats. Notate the exact new events or direct them clearly. Describe a possible intended effect with specific evidence and one limit of the score.
- A peer says, “A recording online is easy to paste into an open class aid.” Name one source/rights concern, and choose an independent way to demonstrate your own idea. No existing song, artist sound or cultural style needs to be used.
Self-check: Count each bar separately. Is your second bar actually changed? Have you separated your designed evidence from a claim about how all listeners will feel?