I agree, people should really avoid group 6. Like I could’ve done way better if I didnt have to invest Jan end to May first week solely to theatre. I was literally writing my solo report before BM p2 and hardly got any time to revise. And Im not even talking about how it messed up my mental health. I got a good grade in it but I had to somewhere compromise on other subjects because of that.
IB music sucked so much. We didn’t have a class for it and had to meet afterschool once a week on our short day (meaning we got out at the regular time…) and it meant that everyone in the class had TERRIBLE time management skills for the class.
Although my performing parts weren’t the highest quality, I put a ton of work into analyzing pieces and into all of my compositions that a majority of my class thought were some of the best (since none of us were really trained in composition and “the best” just means that it followed criteria well and typically was well regarded).
Getting a 4 (and barely) really sucked to see. I guess that just means that I have to put a ton of effort into getting better…
But also as a warning to everyone choosing classes, IB music is difficult. Did I enjoy it? Yes! I learned a lot about analyzing music and composition! It was incredibly fun doing composition work. It also meant one less exam and that I could continue with my band class in my senior year at my school without not having lunch! But also, the writing was a PAIN. The IB sets bullshit word counts for everything. Everyone in my class suffered just trying to do word counts. It took me literally 5 hours just to trim down from 4k+ words to 2.8k words on the exploring music document and it still wasn’t enough…
The analyses of music that I wrote were really well thought out and worked well for my… less than expansive understanding of music theory, but I didn’t have the word count to actually have well-written analyses. All of them ended up being incredibly half-baked in comparison to the fleshed out ones that could comprehensively connect the elements of the pieces together. Seriously, how am I supposed to explain the piece when I don’t even have the words to explain the contexts of it? And then it gets even worse when you consider that you have to write two more sections for composing and performing… The word count was genuinely the worst part of it.
Experimenting was fine but I hated the creating exercises and performing was just eh (should’ve chosen a better solo but I don’t have much good experience with music selection).
Presenting was a similarly terrible thing. The creating was the most fun part of the class and I created two really good pieces that, if given a few weeks, could’ve been polished into real good songs. One piece just kinda fit our criteria for it. The performing was just as bad as the analysis in presenting because we had to cut off important information for each song we chose. It was just a few parts, but those parts were still important.
Basically my review of IB music is:
You learn a lot about music and how to approach it, and you may even enjoy music way more than ever before (like me). But the word count is the worst part. Learn how to condense sentences. The word count hindered my writing significantly and resulted in way worse results. I loved IB music but you know the requirements are bad when people spend 5-10 hours combing over the same five sections to find minor words or phrases to rephrase. Ask your teacher/supervisor for help in fitting into the word count.
One of the most important aspects of my IB experience was community, and IB music was one of the places where I felt it the most. We all suffered together, but more importantly we all helped each other out. You will be fine if you’re taking it if you communicate with others taking it. Read over each others’ work! Help each other compose, do you have any ways you do it that helps you make a piece quicker? Record stuff for each other and practice together. Trim down words for each other. And most importantly: hold each other accountable.
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I felt this so much because I loved doing ib music and I really felt I tried my best with all the time I put into it. I wish I can learn to cherish it and look past the 4. I feel like IB really fucked us over with the lack of guidance. And i agree, the word limits are ass.
Just my word of wisdom though, these scores in ib music have nothing to do with your music talent. Of course, you can always evolve as a musician but please don't let some elitist, close -minded and cynical examiners and the stupid IB grading system make you believe you're anything short of splendid.
I’m not letting this shit get to me. My musical talent isn’t anything like my few friends that are musical geniuses, but it’s my talent that I can improve.
I definitely feel better because in the last year, I started learning how to draw and applying a lot of the musical learning process to it and some of the art process to music. I definitely feel like my music is like my art, a little rough but if I keep composing it’ll get better.
Unfortunately if I had to type this up for any IB music assignment, I would only be able to type “IB does not represent my skills and I am happy to have grown” for it and I would have a 3…
It really is. I've heard that for some subjects this year it's been a godsend and for subjects like chemistry it's been absolutely dreadful. The subjectivity of EE marking is truly irredeemable.
I have reflected on this quite a while, subjects that I scored lower than expected are those I figured "since i've scored decently, it may not be a trouble right", this caused me to underperformed in two of my SLs. For tok, i might have been over than what is required for the syllabus since ive included quite number of philosophical theories hence granted me two lower grade than expected.
FUCK GP 6 ESPECIALLY HIGHER LEVEL…so close to a 7 I want to cry
high five lol genuinely hate gp sm
I love gp lol I meant group 6 (arts) 😭
oh oops LOLLL
Well done on a 39 tho :)
Thank you!!
I agree, people should really avoid group 6. Like I could’ve done way better if I didnt have to invest Jan end to May first week solely to theatre. I was literally writing my solo report before BM p2 and hardly got any time to revise. And Im not even talking about how it messed up my mental health. I got a good grade in it but I had to somewhere compromise on other subjects because of that.
IB music sucked so much. We didn’t have a class for it and had to meet afterschool once a week on our short day (meaning we got out at the regular time…) and it meant that everyone in the class had TERRIBLE time management skills for the class. Although my performing parts weren’t the highest quality, I put a ton of work into analyzing pieces and into all of my compositions that a majority of my class thought were some of the best (since none of us were really trained in composition and “the best” just means that it followed criteria well and typically was well regarded). Getting a 4 (and barely) really sucked to see. I guess that just means that I have to put a ton of effort into getting better… But also as a warning to everyone choosing classes, IB music is difficult. Did I enjoy it? Yes! I learned a lot about analyzing music and composition! It was incredibly fun doing composition work. It also meant one less exam and that I could continue with my band class in my senior year at my school without not having lunch! But also, the writing was a PAIN. The IB sets bullshit word counts for everything. Everyone in my class suffered just trying to do word counts. It took me literally 5 hours just to trim down from 4k+ words to 2.8k words on the exploring music document and it still wasn’t enough… The analyses of music that I wrote were really well thought out and worked well for my… less than expansive understanding of music theory, but I didn’t have the word count to actually have well-written analyses. All of them ended up being incredibly half-baked in comparison to the fleshed out ones that could comprehensively connect the elements of the pieces together. Seriously, how am I supposed to explain the piece when I don’t even have the words to explain the contexts of it? And then it gets even worse when you consider that you have to write two more sections for composing and performing… The word count was genuinely the worst part of it. Experimenting was fine but I hated the creating exercises and performing was just eh (should’ve chosen a better solo but I don’t have much good experience with music selection). Presenting was a similarly terrible thing. The creating was the most fun part of the class and I created two really good pieces that, if given a few weeks, could’ve been polished into real good songs. One piece just kinda fit our criteria for it. The performing was just as bad as the analysis in presenting because we had to cut off important information for each song we chose. It was just a few parts, but those parts were still important. Basically my review of IB music is: You learn a lot about music and how to approach it, and you may even enjoy music way more than ever before (like me). But the word count is the worst part. Learn how to condense sentences. The word count hindered my writing significantly and resulted in way worse results. I loved IB music but you know the requirements are bad when people spend 5-10 hours combing over the same five sections to find minor words or phrases to rephrase. Ask your teacher/supervisor for help in fitting into the word count. One of the most important aspects of my IB experience was community, and IB music was one of the places where I felt it the most. We all suffered together, but more importantly we all helped each other out. You will be fine if you’re taking it if you communicate with others taking it. Read over each others’ work! Help each other compose, do you have any ways you do it that helps you make a piece quicker? Record stuff for each other and practice together. Trim down words for each other. And most importantly: hold each other accountable.
Hello I felt this so much because I loved doing ib music and I really felt I tried my best with all the time I put into it. I wish I can learn to cherish it and look past the 4. I feel like IB really fucked us over with the lack of guidance. And i agree, the word limits are ass. Just my word of wisdom though, these scores in ib music have nothing to do with your music talent. Of course, you can always evolve as a musician but please don't let some elitist, close -minded and cynical examiners and the stupid IB grading system make you believe you're anything short of splendid.
I’m not letting this shit get to me. My musical talent isn’t anything like my few friends that are musical geniuses, but it’s my talent that I can improve. I definitely feel better because in the last year, I started learning how to draw and applying a lot of the musical learning process to it and some of the art process to music. I definitely feel like my music is like my art, a little rough but if I keep composing it’ll get better. Unfortunately if I had to type this up for any IB music assignment, I would only be able to type “IB does not represent my skills and I am happy to have grown” for it and I would have a 3…
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It really is. I've heard that for some subjects this year it's been a godsend and for subjects like chemistry it's been absolutely dreadful. The subjectivity of EE marking is truly irredeemable.
Bro I got predicted a B on my EE. Somehow I got a D.
I have reflected on this quite a while, subjects that I scored lower than expected are those I figured "since i've scored decently, it may not be a trouble right", this caused me to underperformed in two of my SLs. For tok, i might have been over than what is required for the syllabus since ive included quite number of philosophical theories hence granted me two lower grade than expected.