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AC9AMU8D01: Year 7 The Arts Content Descriptor – Music
AC9AMU8D01 Year 7 The Arts

AC9AMU8D01 – Year 7 The Arts: Music

Strand
Developing practices and skills
Substrand
Music

This Content Descriptor from Year 7 The Arts provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

develop and practise listening/aural skills and vocal and/or instrumental skills/techniques for manipulating elements of music to achieve expressive effects

Elaborations

  • • experimenting with ways in which vocal/instrumental techniques can be used to manipulate elements of music to achieve intended effects, such as an expressive sound that is typical of a particular style, and transcribing or documenting their ideas as a reference for future performances or composition
  • • practising technical and expressive skills such as intonation, pitch/rhythmic accuracy, phrasing or shaping dynamics and articulation to communicate expressive intent using voices and/or instruments
  • • developing techniques for extending/varying patterns such as harmonic, rhythmic or melodic patterns; for example, identifying qualities of chords in isolation and experimenting with different ways to order the chords to create a chord progression and improvising over the progression, or using the chord progression in a song or instrumental music
  • • experimenting with ways in which digital tools can be used when arranging musical ideas or creating effects; for example, using digitally produced parts alone or in combination with voice/vocalisation or other instruments
  • • developing ability to manipulate and control elements of music to enhance performance and communicate intentions; for example, recording alternative approaches to interpreting a phrase or melody and evaluating it to identify preferred options
  • • using a listening diary/journal format to document ideas for compositions, interpretations, re-imaginings or performances
  • • writing/notating a chart or lead-sheet to record ideas from a songwriting workshop or using software to write additional parts such as a bassline to accompany a melody

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 7 ASARTMUSY78
Year 7 The Arts Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 8, students analyse how the elements of music and/or compositional devices are manipulated in music they compose, perform and/or experience. They evaluate the ways music from across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They describe respectful approaches to composing, performing and/or responding to music.Students demonstrate listening and aural skills when composing and performing. They manipulate elements of music and compositional devices to compose music that communicates ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They notate, document and/or record the music they compose. They manipulate elements of music when performing their own and/or others’ music. They demonstrate performance skills when performing music for audiences.