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• Music: Levels 5 and 6 description

  In Levels 5 and 6, Music involves students continuing to listen to, improvise, compose, arrange and perform music, independently and collaboratively with their peers, teachers and communities.

  Students explore more complex aspects of rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, timbre...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• The Arts | Music: Structure

  Strands

  The Music curriculum is structured around four interdependent strands, each of which involves making and responding.

  Strand	Explore and Express Ideas	Music Practices	Present and Perform	Respond and Interpret
  	Focuses on exploring sound and silence and ways of using voice, body percussion...

  Overview material | Music

• Music: Levels 7 and 8 description

  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...

  Level description | The Arts | Music

• The Arts | Music: Learning in Music

  In Music, students listen to, compose and perform music in a wide range of styles from diverse cultures, times and locations. Listening underpins all music learning. Students compose and perform music using the voice, body, instruments, found sound sources, and digital technologies. As composers...

  Overview material | Music

• VCAMUP023

  Rehearse and perform songs and instrumental music they have learnt and composed to communicate ideas to an audience

  Elaborations

  • working collaboratively to make choices about dynamics to perform a variety of music such as songs and rounds using their natural voice
  • following cues when performing songs and short instrumental pieces they have learnt
  • experimenting with contrasting tempos and sudden and gradual changes of dynamics to achieve particular effects in performance
  • accurately playing and singing rhythmic and melodic phrases and patterns using their voices, tuned and untuned instruments
  • clapping the repeating pattern in a piece, identifying which instruments played the melody and the accompaniment

  VCAMUP023 | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2 | Present and Perform

• VCAMUP003

  Be involved in music performances

  Elaborations

  • experiencing the making, sharing and reacting to music
  • reacting when their music is presented
  • respond to stimuli such as other peoples’ music
  • assisting to choose sounds to be combined to create a composition
  • experiencing voices and sound sources being used to create a piece of music
  • experiencing the creation and improvising of music using technologies

  VCAMUP003 | The Arts | Music | Level A | Present and Perform

• VCAMUP007

  Perform music to express a given idea

  Elaborations

  • making and sharing their music with peers and teachers
  • choosing and combining sounds to create compositions, for example, using different instruments, beats and tempo
  • improvising patterns of body movement, such as clapping or stamping, and accompany familiar music
  • improvising with voices and sound sources to express actions, thoughts or feelings
  • creating and improvising music using technologies

  VCAMUP007 | The Arts | Music | Level B | Present and Perform

• VCAMUM014

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

  Elaborations

  • responding to changes in rhythm and tempo when moving to music
  • recognising and singing songs associated with an occasion, e.g. happy birthday
  • practicing techniques for singing songs and playing classroom instruments
  • singing and playing music to explore the expressive possibilities of their voices and instruments
  • practicing and performing music including using accessible technologies
  • learning a song used by groups in the local community, such as Aboriginal songs or Torres Strait Islander songs from their community, following respecting cultural protocols

  VCAMUM014 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Music Practices

• VCAMUM022

  Sing and play instruments to improvise, compose and practise a repertoire of chants, songs and rhymes, including those used by cultural groups in the local community

  Elaborations

  • practising and performing music, learnt aurally and through reading from invented and learnt symbols
  • singing and playing music to explore the expressive possibilities of their voices and instruments, for example in music games
  • using responses to music to inform interpretations, for example, how is the mood of this music communicated? What instruments were used and how was their sound different?
  • using movement and body percussion to create accompaniments for songs, chants and rhymes
  • learning songs that were created in or are about the local area, for example, learning a song taught by a member of the local Koorie community

  VCAMUM022 | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2 | 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

• 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

• VCAMUP015

  Perform a piece of music they have learnt or perform a piece of music to communicate an idea

  Elaborations

  • creating or making music for a social purpose
  • making and sharing music which shows emerging music knowledge and skills
  • creating music to communicate ideas, concepts, observations, feelings and/or experiences
  • contributing to classroom conversations about aspects of music they have made and experienced
  • choosing and combining sounds to create compositions, for example, instrument, beat, tempo
  • improvising patterns of body movement, such as clapping or stamping, and creating accompaniments to familiar music
  • improvising with voices and sound sources to express thoughts and feelings
  • creating and improvising music using technologies

  VCAMUP015 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Present and Perform

• VCAMUP019

  Rehearse and perform songs and short instrumental pieces which they have learnt and composed

  Elaborations

  • practising achieving accuracy of vocal pitch by learning how to place the voice
  • developing an understanding of the difference between beat and rhythm when singing, playing and responding to music
  • experimenting with different dynamics and tempi to make decisions about which best communicates an intended mood or feeling
  • using movement and body percussion accompaniment to enhance performance of a song
  • use questions when rehearsing to make expressive choices that will communicate intended aims, for example ‘what do you want your audience to think about as you perform?’

  VCAMUP019 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCAMUR020

  Respond to music, expressing what they enjoy and why

  Elaborations

  • drawing on teacher guidance provided in response to their music-making
  • talking about how voices, instruments and movement are used in music they make and hear
  • describing how they have used different qualities of sound to represent ideas in a soundscape, for example, instrumentation, high/low, long/short, loud/soft, feel
  • sharing observations of music performances they have participated in or heard in the community, for example, identifying which instruments were used or where is this music from?, why was it made?

  VCAMUR020 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Respond and Interpret

• VCAMUE034

  Develop music ideas through improvisation, composition and performance, combining and manipulating the elements of music

  Elaborations

  • using technology to manipulate specific elements such as pitch or timbre to create intended effects in composition and performance
  • manipulating their voices and/or instruments through timbre and expressive techniques to convey intended style, considering safety, correct posture and technique
  • use recordings to research different ways of interpreting notated solo or ensemble music, or to create a specific feel, for example straight/swing, smooth, tense, light
  • experimenting with different types of notation to communicate and record ideas
  • identifying musical ideas behind variations of the same piece of music, for example, why does the same piece sound different when different musicians play it?, which version do they prefer and why?

  VCAMUE034 | The Arts | Music | Levels 7 and 8 | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAMUM018

  Sing and play instruments to create and practise chants, songs and rhymes including those used by cultural groups in the local community

  Elaborations

  • practising techniques for singing songs and playing classroom instruments, for example through music games
  • singing and playing music to explore the expressive possibilities of their voices and instruments
  • learning songs that feature patterns or familiar language, for example, working with a Koorie Elder to learn counting songs, colour songs or alphabet songs in the local Aboriginal language
  • improvising and documenting (notate) patterns and soundscapes, for example using graphic notation
  • using questions such as ‘what did this music make you think about and why’ as a starting point for making decisions about how music will be performed

  VCAMUM018 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Music Practices

• VCAMUR046

  Analyse a range of music from contemporary and past times, including the music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to explore differing viewpoints, enrich their music making, and develop understanding of music practice in local, national and international contexts

  Elaborations

  • evaluating and comparing stylistic interpretations of a range of music to develop aesthetic awareness
  • comparing and evaluating audience responses and performer roles across a broad range of formal, informal, virtual and interactive settings
  • evaluating their own and others’ music, and using feedback to refine and improve performances and compositions
  • discussing the influence of music on the development of personal and cultural identity in local, national and international contexts, for example, by considering songs by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians and/or other Australian musicians who draw on the cultures of their families and asking questions such as what is the cultural context in which this music was composed or performed or how does this music relate to cultural identity of its composer/performer?

  VCAMUR046 | The Arts | Music | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• 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