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• Music: Levels 3 and 4 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 4, students improvise, arrange, compose, and accurately and expressively perform songs and instrumental music to communicate intentions and ideas to audiences. They document their compositions.

  Students describe and discuss similarities and differences between music they...

  Level description | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4

• Music: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, learning in Music involves students making and responding to music independently and collaboratively with their peers and teachers.

  Students extend their understanding of the elements of music and their ability to interact with other musicians as they develop their music knowledge...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• VCAMUE025

  Use imagination and creativity to explore pitch, rhythm/time and form, dynamics and tempo using voice, movement and instruments

  Elaborations

  • varying the use of the elements of music to create different effects, for example, singing with gradual dynamic and tempo changes or altering the expressive shape of repeating phrases
  • exploring and varying instrumental timbres in isolation and combination, for example, playing softer or louder, or changing the playing technique on an instrument
  • identifying and explaining features in music using terminology and a range of notation
  • using imagination to explore concepts, for example, lightness and weight, considering the effective use of the elements
  • using movement to demonstrate an understanding of musical form, for example, changing actions as the music changes or devising a movement sequence to show different sections in a song or instrumental piece.

  VCAMUE025 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAMUM026

  Use voice and instruments to sing, play and arrange music from different cultures, times and locations, and improvise and compose music in different forms

  Elaborations

  • practising singing and playing a range of music from different cultures, including cultures within their local community
  • experimenting with ways of singing and playing expressively, such as learning and practising a song with different dynamics and tempo or adding introductions, accompaniment patterns or movement
  • exploring given rhythm and pitch patterns, structures or timbres to improvise and create music and record the resulting compositions, for example, manually or with technology, using a combination of graphic and conventional notation
  • practising reading traditional and invented notation in music as they rehearse and perform
  • researching information to guide decisions about how the music should be performed, for example, why was this music written, who were the original performers, how can performers communicate the composer’s ideas?

  VCAMUM026 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Music Practices

• VCAMUP027

  Rehearse and perform songs and instrumental music they have learnt and composed, shaping elements of music to communicate ideas to an audience

  Elaborations

  • rehearsing and performing music using a range of techniques including technologies to enhance mood
  • planning and rehearsing their music for a live or virtual performance, for example, deciding where the performers will stand, how they will begin and end, practising following cues from the music and other members of the group
  • refining their compositions and performances based on peer and teacher evaluations and with a focus on specific music technique and elements
  • developing and refining techniques on a range of conventional and unconventional melodic and non-melodic percussion instruments, voice, and digital instruments to create and vary tone colour and expression

  VCAMUP027 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Present and Perform

• VCAMUR028

  Identify features of the music they listen to, compose and perform, and discuss the purposes it was created for, including the music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, using music terminology

  Elaborations

  • identifying the features of music used in different contexts, and, using music terminology describe the ways in which it fulfils specific purposes in its composition and presentation
  • discussing the planning, developing or refining of aspects of music they are composing or preparing to perform and how their music has been influenced by music they have listened to or previously performed
  • evaluating compositions, performances and creative processes, for example, ‘how successfully did the group collaborate to communicate the intended ideas in the composition?’
  • comparing the expectations and requirements of performers and audience in different cultural and social settings and apply this learning in their own performances, for example, viewing a performance at a Tanderrum and talking with a representative from the local Koorie community about how the performance space is organised and using ideas from this conversation to plan how the performance space will be organised for their next performance
  • comparing music in their community to music of other cultures, times and locations, for example, ‘what clues in the music tell us where it was made, who made it and why? Do you use similar ideas in your music?

  VCAMUR028 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Respond and Interpret