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.
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.
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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 and texture in music they perform and compose. They sing and play independent parts against contrasting parts, and recognise instrumental, vocal and digitally generated sounds. They present and perform their music for a variety of audiences shaping their work to communicate ideas and feelings and engage listeners.
Students continue to learn about music from a range of cultures, times and locations, both in their community and beyond. As they listen to, compose and perform music, students explore social and cultural contexts of music considering how different types of music develop, and how composers and performers communicate ideas and concepts through music.
Students extend their ability to use their voices, instruments and equipment, safely and appropriately, individually and in groups. Their understanding of the roles of artists and audiences builds as students engage with more diverse performances.
By the end of Level 6, students use the elements of music, their voices, instruments and technologies to improvise, arrange, compose and perform music. They sing and play music in different styles and use music terminology, demonstrating listening, technical and expressive skills, performing with accuracy and expression for audiences.
Students explain how the elements of music are used to communicate ideas and purpose in the music they listen to, compose, and perform. They describe how their music making is influenced by music from different cultures, times and locations, using music terminology.
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...
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 and texture to achieve expressive outcomes or realise specific intentions when composing and performing. They sing, play, create, document (notate/record) and perform music in a range of styles, focusing on technical accuracy, use of expression and maintaining an independent part against contrasting parts. They develop understanding of how musicians communicate in ensembles and perform to audiences in a variety of settings and learn specific skills associated with these practices. They explore ways technologies are used in music performance, composition and distribution.
Students engage with more diverse performances exploring music from a range of cultures, times and locations, identifying similarities and differences. They learn about ways that traditional and contemporary styles of music evolve and are sustained. When listening, composing and performing music, students maintain safety, correct posture and technique in using voice, instruments and technologies and when interacting with others.
As they make and respond to music, students explore social, cultural and historical influences on music from diverse times, cultures and locations. They evaluate ways that elements of music are manipulated to communicate composers’ and performers’ intentions, and the use of technical and expressive skills in music they listen to, create and perform.
By the end of Level 8, students manipulate the elements of music and stylistic conventions to improvise, compose and perform music. They use evidence from listening and analysis to interpret, rehearse and perform songs and instrumental pieces in unison and in parts, demonstrating technical and expressive skills. They use music terminology and symbols to recognise, describe and notate selected features of music.
Students identify and analyse how the elements of music are used in different styles and apply this knowledge in their performances and compositions. They evaluate musical choices they and others have made to communicate ideas and intentions as performers and composers of music from different cultures, times and locations.
