Rationale
This rationale complements and extends the rationale for The Arts learning area.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.
Aims
In addition to the overarching aims of the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, music knowledge, understanding and skills ensure that, individually and collaboratively, students develop:the confidence to be creative, innovative, thoughtful, skilful and informed musicians
Structure
Learning in MusicStudents learning Music listen, perform and compose. They learn about the elements of music comprising rhythm, pitch, dynamics and expression, form and structure, timbre and texture.
Example of knowledge and skills
Years 9 and 10
Years 9 and 10 Band Description
In Music, students:
- continue to develop their aural skills as they build on their understanding and use of the elements of music
- extend their understanding and use of more complex rhythms and diversity of pitch and incorporate dynamics and expression in different forms
- extend their use of and identification of timbre to discriminate between different instruments and different voice types
- build on their understanding of their role within an ensemble as they control tone and volume in a range of styles using instrumental and vocal techniques
- extend technical and expressive skills in performance from the previous band
- draw on music from a range of cultures, times and locations as they experience music
- explore the music and influences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and those of the Asia region
- learn that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have converted oral records to other technologies
- learn that over time there has been further development of different traditional and contemporary styles as they explore music forms
- reflect on the development of traditional and contemporary styles of music and how musicians can be identified through the style of their music
- explore meaning and interpretation, forms and elements, and social, cultural and historical contexts of music as they make and respond to music
- evaluate performers’ success in expressing the composers’ intentions and expressive skills in music they listen to and perform
- maintain safety, correct posture and technique in using instruments and technologies
- build on their understanding from previous bands of the roles of artists and audiences as they engage with more diverse music.
Years 9 and 10 Content Descriptions
Improvise and arrange music, using aural recognition of texture, dynamics and expression to manipulate the elements of music to explore personal style in composition and performance
(ACAMUM099 - Scootle
)
Manipulate combinations of the elements of music in a range of styles, using technology and notation
(ACAMUM100 - Scootle
)
Practise and rehearse to refine a variety of performance repertoire with increasing technical and interpretative skill
(ACAMUM101 - Scootle
)
Plan and organise compositions with an understanding of style and convention, including drawing upon Australian music by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
(ACAMUM102 - Scootle
)
Perform music applying techniques and expression to interpret the composer’s use of elements of music
(ACAMUM103 - Scootle
)
Evaluate a range of music and compositions to inform and refine their own compositions and performances
(ACAMUR104 - Scootle
)
Analyse a range of music from contemporary and past times to explore differing viewpoints and enrich their music making, starting with Australian music,including music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and consider music in international contexts
(ACAMUR105 - Scootle
)