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...
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 and skills. They listen for and perform independent rhythms over an underlying beat and recognise differences between notes moving by step and by leap.
Through listening, composing and performing students learn about music from a range of cultures, times and locations, both in their community and in other locations. As they make and respond to music, students investigate the social and cultural contexts of it and the different purposes for music making in communities. They make personal evaluations of their own and others’ music.
Students use their voices, instruments and equipment, safely and appropriately, individually and in interaction with others. As artists they develop confidence in placing their voice and maintaining a part. As part of an audience they focus their attention on the performance and consider why and how audiences respond.
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 listen to, compose and perform. They discuss how they and others use the elements of music to communicate ideas and intentions in performance and composition.
The VCAA has recently published the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0. To view the revised curriculum, familiarisation resources and support material, go to the Victorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 website.
