JC Music case studies
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JC Music is a senior-secondary music qualification taken at the end of junior college or the equivalent pre-university stage. It suits students who already read notation, play or sing to a solid standard, and want a credential that recognises both practical musicianship and academic understanding of music. The JC Music case studies are 5 cases and about 4,172 words.
1The Bridge That Won't Commit: Mixture or Modulation in a C-Major Standard
You are reviewing a candidate's harmonic analysis of a 32-bar jazz standard. The A sections are unambiguously in C major.
766 words, about 4 min2The Dictation That Drifts: Metre and Tonal Anchoring in a Modulating Melody
A candidate sits a timed melodic dictation: eight bars in 6/8 at a dotted-quarter pulse of 108, in G major, modulating to D major at bar 5 with a C♯ and an A7–D cadence. The melody is played four times after a two-bar count-in.
790 words, about 4 min3The Shout Chorus That Buries the Saxes: Voicing and Endurance Judgements
You are arranging a 24-bar shout chorus in B♭ for a five-horn band - trumpet 1, trumpet 2, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone - plus piano, bass and drums. The client's reference is a hard-bop big-band recording.
844 words, about 4 min4Clicks Every Three Seconds: Clocking, Buffers and the Overdub Session
A project studio records at 48 kHz, 24-bit through a USB interface that is also the clock master. An eight-channel ADAT preamp is connected for drum overdubs.
860 words, about 4 min5The Sync Offer With Strings: Perpetuity, Holds and an MFN Clause
An independent artist self-releases a song, is the sole writer and publisher, and is registered with a performing rights organisation as writer and publisher. A music supervisor offers a sync licence for an independent feature: a 1,500 flat fee, perpetual, worldwide, all media now known or hereafter devised, plus a twelve-month hold preventing the song from being licensed anywhere else, and a most-favoured-nations clause referring to 'other artists on the soundtrack.' The supervisor also asks the artist to sign a direct licence covering 'all performance rights through-to-the-audience' so the production 'doesn't have to pay PRO fees.' The film's budget is undisclosed, and the soundtrack includes two label-signed artists.
912 words, about 5 min