Music is uniquely an aural art form. The essential nature of music is abstract. Music encompasses existing sounds that are selected and shaped; new sounds created by composers and performers, and the placement of sounds in time and space. Composers, performers and listeners perceive and...
Overview material | Music
VCAMUM036 | The Arts | Music | Levels 7 and 8 | Music Practices
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
VCAMUM006 | The Arts | Music | Level B | Music Practices
VCAMUM014 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Music Practices
VCAMUP015 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Present and Perform
VCAMUE021 | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2 | Explore and Express Ideas
VCAMUM026 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Music Practices
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
VCAMUM035 | The Arts | Music | Levels 7 and 8 | Music Practices
VCAMUP019 | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level | Present and Perform
VCAMUE013 | The Arts | Music | Level D | Explore and Express Ideas
By the end of Foundation, students sing and play instruments to communicate their experiences and ideas. They explore contrasting sounds and improvise with them. Students match pitch when singing. They understand and respond to the beat and simple rhythm patterns.
Students describe the music to...
Level description | The Arts | Music | Foundation Level
By the end of Level 2 students use imagination, their voices and instruments to improvise, compose, arrange and perform music. They explore and make decisions about ways of organising sounds to communicate ideas. They achieve intended effects and demonstrate accuracy when performing and composing.
Th...
Level description | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2
VCAMUP044 | The Arts | Music | Levels 9 and 10 | Present and Perform
VCAMUE009 | The Arts | Music | Level C | Explore and Express Ideas
VCAMUR045 | The Arts | Music | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret
VCAMUE025 | The Arts | Music | Levels 3 and 4 | Explore and Express Ideas
VCAMUP031 | The Arts | Music | Levels 5 and 6 | Present and Perform
VCAMUR032 | The Arts | Music | Levels 5 and 6 | Respond and Interpret