AC9AMU10D02 Years 9 to 10 The Arts

Content descriptor reflect on their own and others’ music to inform choices they make as composers and performers about how they will interpret and/or manipulate elements of music and/or compositional devices

Elaborations

• • Elaboration listening to, analysing and comparing the performance practices of others to shape and refine their own interpretation and performance of a piece of music; for example, listening and analysing to identify how other performers develop facility in using specific techniques or achieving specific effects, such as tone colour or phrasing; then evaluating preferences and developing practice strategies to achieve their own goals
• • Elaboration using listening, aural skills and understanding of the information provided in scores, charts or lead-sheets to develop interpretations of repertoire in a range of styles
• • Elaboration using focused listening, aural or memory skills to identify, sing or play and/or notate/document music ideas, such as pitch and rhythm patterns, intervals and common chord progressions, for future use in compositions and/or performances
• • Elaboration developing and refining use of aural skills relating to tuning/intonation that they can use in real-time to improve levels of accuracy and control when performing