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• Music: Level C achievement standards

  By the end of Level C, students make and perform music.

  Students communicate ideas and feelings about aspects of music they create and perform and reasons why people make and listen to music.

  Level description | The Arts | Music | Level C

• Music: Level C description

  In Level C, students explore music. They listen to and explore sound and learn about how music can represent the world and that they can make music to represent their ideas. They share their music with peers and experience music as part of an audience.

  Students learn to listen to music and explore...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• VCAMUE009

  Explore and imitate sounds and patterns using voice, movement, body percussion and/or instruments

  Elaborations

  • using music to express and communicate experiences, observations, ideas and feelings about themselves and their world
  • listening to and copying basic music elements, such as, playing loudly, quietly, quickly or slowly when using musical instruments for example imitating a teacher to play loud/soft/ quiet, quick/fast/slow and stop
  • imitating a simple pattern or rhythm
  • experimenting with speaking and singing voice to recognise the differences
  • imitating rhythm patterns to develop aural recognition skills, for example, echo clapping
  • attempting to imitate pitch when singing

  VCAMUE009 | The Arts | Music | Level C | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAMUM010

  Sing, use body percussion and/or play instruments to practise chants, songs and rhymes

  Elaborations

  • using familiar percussion instrument correctly
  • pointing to items used when creating music when named by the teacher
  • playing along with a song
  • imitating sounds in a call and response format
  • practicing and performing music, for example a simple song or tune
  • exploring what music made them think about and what they like or dislike
  • exploring and learning songs used by groups in the local community, such as Aboriginal songs or Torres Strait Islander songs from their community, respecting cultural protocols

  VCAMUM010 | The Arts | Music | Level C | Music Practices

• VCAMUP011

  Perform a short piece of music they have learnt

  Elaborations

  • communicating observations or experience through music making
  • beginning to identify some instruments in a piece of music
  • performing a simple learnt rhythm sequence, song, chant or music
  • making music in structured learning experiences to communicate ideas, concepts, observations, feelings and/or experiences.
  • communicating about aspects of their own performance, or their music to others by answering questions
  • improvising patterns of body movement, such as clapping or stamping and accompanying familiar music
  • improvising with voices and sound sources to express ideas, thoughts and feelings

  VCAMUP011 | The Arts | Music | Level C | Present and Perform

• VCAMUR012

  Respond to music and explore why people make and listen to music

  Elaborations

  • beginning to identify and name some elements and items used in music, for example instrument
  • responding to various music, e.g. clap or sing along
  • clapping, tapping, moving to music and can indicate if he/she would like or want more
  • seeking out or identifying and requesting preferred music, e.g. favourite CD
  • exploring and identifying locations they have experience music in their lives and communities and the purpose, for example, birthday party, cultural event, to dance, celebrate
  • sharing constructive observations about music from a range of cultures as a performer and audience member
  • describing mood/ feeling of pieces of music using their own words

  VCAMUR012 | The Arts | Music | Level C | Respond and Interpret