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• The Arts | Music: Scope and Sequence

  The curriculum sets out what students are expected to learn and is designed as a continuum of learning. The curriculum is being presented in a scope and sequence chart to support teachers to easily see the progression and assist in planning teaching and learning programs to meet the diverse needs...

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• VCAMUM035

  Create, practise and rehearse music to develop listening, compositional and technical and expressive performance skills

  Elaborations

  • learning and rehearsing Australian works from different musical styles and traditions
  • creating chord progressions and improvising melodies, focusing on style specific techniques, for example, using scales or modes
  • using notation and audio recordings to evaluate options for creating music, for example, recording work in progress and evaluating against criteria they have developed from listening to performances of works in similar styles
  • exploring and manipulating the elements of music within given parameters to create a personal interpretation, for example, ‘what is the social or cultural context of this piece, for whom would it be performed, and how might this influence the performance? What features of the music indicate it is from a particular time or location?’
  • using listening skills to experiment with ways of achieving cohesion and balance in ensemble performances and make choices to communicate the composer’s intentions, for example, identifying which instrument has the melody, which instruments are playing the same line, an accompaniment, or driving the feel?

  VCAMUM035 | The Arts | Music | Levels 7 and 8 | Music Practices

• VCAMUM036

  Structure compositions by combining and manipulating the elements of music and using notation

  Elaborations

  • combining and manipulating the elements of music to imitate a range of styles, for example world music styles, street music styles, jazz styles, minimalism, K-Pop, a capella, dance styles
  • exploring ways to combine and extend music ideas within specific forms such as song form, ABA, or improvising motifs and combining them with a chord progression to create music for a film-score segment to create solo (unaccompanied) work or an ensemble work
  • arranging a familiar melody, for example, writing counter-melody, bass line and variations or reworking the rhythm/feel to fit a particular music style and create a score using notation (by hand or with technology)
  • exploring technologies as tools for creating, notating, recording, sharing and discussing music ideas, for example, how effectively are the expressive techniques indicated in the notation of the composition? What are the strengths of this performance or composition?

  VCAMUM036 | The Arts | Music | Levels 7 and 8 | Music Practices

• VCAMUM030

  Develop and practise technical skills and use of expressive elements of music in singing, playing instruments, improvising, arranging and composing

  Elaborations

  • practising interpreting and applying more extended or complex rhythm patterns and overlaying patterns
  • making choices about how to interpret graphic and conventional forms of notation
  • exploring rhythm, pitch, texture and expressive elements, for example, dynamics, tone colour or articulation to create contrast, repetition and balance in improvisations, arrangements and compositions
  • using technology to monitor progress in learning and rehearsing music they have composed, for example, using a mobile device to record a work or using a checklist to evaluate how well the music is achieving intended effects
  • using listening responses to guide development of compositions and performances, for example, what evidence supports your decisions about the way dynamics should be used in this performance?, how can dynamics be indicated in this score?

  VCAMUM030 | The Arts | Music | Levels 5 and 6 | Music Practices

• The Arts | Music: Resources

  A range of resources to assist with implementing the Victorian Curriculum F – 10 are available. Please visit the following websites to access these resources (links open in a new window):

  • Victorian Curriculum F – 10 Resources and Support (VCAA)

  Includes general advice and information...

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• The Arts | Music: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  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...

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• 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...

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• 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

• VCAMUE021

  Use imagination and experimentation to explore musical ideas using voice, movement, instruments and body percussion

  Elaborations

  • improvising short pitch and rhythm patterns using voice and instruments
  • using voice and body percussion to experiment with the elements of music and create contrasting musical ideas, for example, noise and silence, faster and slower, longer and shorter, higher and lower, louder and softer, happy and sad
  • recording music ideas using technologies and graphic notation
  • exploring contrasting tone colours on the same instrument, for example, scraping and hitting a drum, using hands and different beaters
  • using listening as a starting point for exploration, for example, discussing how other performers use loud and soft or identifying ideas that could be used in compositions

  VCAMUE021 | The Arts | Music | Levels 1 and 2 | 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

• VCAMUE033

  Experiment with elements of music, in isolation and in combination, using listening skills, voice, instruments and technologies to find ways to create and manipulate effects

  Elaborations

  • identifying use of elements of music, for example, pitch contour/phrasing , articulations, dynamics, tempo, tone colour, melodic or rhythmic patterns in music they listen to and perform or transcribing ideas for use in own performance or composition
  • improvising on given material to extend music ideas through singing and playing, for example, learning (aurally), memorising and then extending a short melodic motif
  • experimenting with texture by layering sound in different ways, for example, using looping software
  • manipulating sound quality by exploring how sounds are produced by different instruments and voice types, for example, manipulating timbre, dynamics or by trialling use of different bowing or breathing techniques or use of equipment such as a plectrum, and using this knowledge when learning a new solo, improvising or composing an ensemble piece
  • using listening response as starting points for improvisation, composition or performance, for example, how are the elements of music manipulated to create an effect/mood/feel? How can I manipulate dynamics/articulation/tone colour to achieve this effect in performance?

  VCAMUE033 | The Arts | Music | Levels 7 and 8 | Explore and Express Ideas