In Levels 7 and 8, students make and respond to music independently and collaboratively, with their peers, teachers and communities.
Students using listening skills to identify and make decisions about how they can manipulate rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, and timbre and texture to achieve expressive outcomes or realise specific intentions when composing and performing...
In Levels 7 and 8, students make and respond to music independently and collaboratively, with their peers, teachers and communities.
Students using listening skills to identify and make decisions about how they can manipulate rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, and timbre and texture to achieve expressive outcomes or realise specific intentions when composing and performing. They sing, play, create, document (notate/record) and perform music in a range of styles, focusing on technical accuracy, use of expression and maintaining an independent part against contrasting parts. They develop understanding of how musicians communicate in ensembles and perform to audiences in a variety of settings and learn specific skills associated with these practices. They explore ways technologies are used in music performance, composition and distribution.
Students engage with more diverse performances exploring music from a range of cultures, times and locations, identifying similarities and differences. They learn about ways that traditional and contemporary styles of music evolve and are sustained. When listening, composing and performing music, students maintain safety, correct posture and technique in using voice, instruments and technologies and when interacting with others.
As they make and respond to music, students explore social, cultural and historical influences on music from diverse times, cultures and locations. They evaluate ways that elements of music are manipulated to communicate composers’ and performers’ intentions, and the use of technical and expressive skills in music they listen to, create and perform.
By the end of Level 8, students manipulate the elements of music and stylistic conventions to improvise, compose and perform music. They use evidence from listening and analysis to interpret, rehearse and perform songs and instrumental pieces in unison and in parts, demonstrating technical and expressive skills. They use music terminology and symbols to recognise, describe and notate selected features of music.
Students identify and analyse how the elements of music are used in different styles and apply this knowledge in their performances and compositions. They evaluate musical choices they and others have made to communicate ideas and intentions as performers and composers of music from different cultures, times and locations.