EPQ

What about "social media: better or worse for music?" What I mean by this is think of the differences between music videos today and videos in the 80s; YouTube didn't even exist then! Just an idea though 😁 good luck

What about something like: had music technology taken away the fundamental features of music? Then talk about things like melody, harmony, instrumentation and write a debate as to whether those things still exist in pop/electronic music?
Or you could maybe do something about how music reflects the society it is in and talk about how culture has changed with music. Then discuss negatives and positives for changes.

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I don't know how you're going to establish some music as being better than other music. You can assess changes or influences on music, but not its quality.

What about "social media: better or worse for music?" What I mean by this is think of the differences between music videos today and videos in the 80s; YouTube didn't even exist then! Just an idea though 😁 good luck

Hi, I’m trying to choose an EPQ topic/question, but I’m unsure of how to properly word it, or if it’s even any good. I’m thinking of looking at how music has changed over the last 60 years, but I want to make that into a debate question, such as if music is becoming better/worse - i’m stuck on how to word it properly! Any ideas???

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The ideas given sound great but what I did for my EPQ was stuck with a topic and no title - my topic gradually changed and when I got a final one I got my title What I mean is that unless there's a requirement at your school or something, there's no need to choose a title straight away - it'll come to you over time.

That makes sense, I’m just not sure what specific topic to focus on at the moment and ‘title’ ideas make that seem easier!

Hi, I’m trying to choose an EPQ topic/question, but I’m unsure of how to properly word it, or if it’s even any good. I’m thinking of looking at how music has changed over the last 60 years, but I want to make that into a debate question, such as if music is becoming better/worse - i’m stuck on how to word it properly! Any ideas???

What about something like: had music technology taken away the fundamental features of music? Then talk about things like melody, harmony, instrumentation and write a debate as to whether those things still exist in pop/electronic music?
Or you could maybe do something about how music reflects the society it is in and talk about how culture has changed with music. Then discuss negatives and positives for changes.

Hope I helped

Hey there! I think your EPQ ideas sound fantastic ! I did something slightly similar for my EPQ: it was on the relationship between the State and music in the USSR in the wake of the Russian Revolution, looking at how music changed in response to the expansion of the State through particular political changes. Broadly speaking, my essay debated the extent to which the State controlled music in this period.

Your ideas sound very interesting !

You might want to think about what type of music you're interested in looking at: is it specifically Western pop music you want to look into? Music from a particular country? Music in a particular style? You would need to specify this in your question so as to be clear what your focus is.

I think another poster noted that it is difficult to assess whether music is objectively 'better' or 'worse', so it might be worth looking at how it has developed in response to particular events/processes/movements? You could look at the influence of specific political/social/cultural trends and how they have affected the development of music? Off the top of my head for example, you could look at how music has developed in response to the changing role of women over the past fifty years (though you'll want to choose something that interests you more ofc ).