AC9AMU4E01 Years 3 to 4 The Arts

Content descriptor explore where, why and how music is composed and/or performed across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts

Elaborations

• • Elaboration exploring examples of music created for similar purposes across different times and/or places, such as music for dancing, songs that communicate messages (health/wellbeing/identity messages), feelings or emotions (how the songwriter feels about a person or place) or knowledge (narrative songs/songs that tell stories) and asking questions about how elements of music are used; for example, “Can I identify and clap the main rhythmic pattern or sing the melody in this song?”, “Which instruments are being used in the performance and are they the ‘original’ instruments the composer intended would be used?”
• • Elaboration examining the purpose for which music is used in their lives and community; for example, identifying and listening to music performed by a local choir or cultural group and responding to it (by sharing what they like, find interesting or would like to know more about in the music; describing how the music makes them feel)
• • Elaboration comparing the expectations and requirements of performers and audiences in different performance settings; for example, discussing when it is acceptable to talk, dance or clap during a performance
• • Elaboration exploring ways of notating or documenting forms of music, such as graphic notation, lead-sheets (lyrics, melody and/or harmony/chords), using visual images or staff notation and/or using music terminology, identifying and explaining how each type of notation/documentation conveys information to performers
• • Elaboration exploring ways to make instruments from a range of materials; for example, using recycled/repurposed materials to construct instruments that produce sounds across a range of pitches and/or tone colours and effects; for example, cardboard tubes filled with cotton and rice, or food wrappers scrunched up loosely in recycled plastic bags; then using these instruments to create Foley sounds for a soundscape to accompany an exhibition of sculpture made from recycled/repurposed materials