The Dreaming Composition


Connect with a Story of The Dreaming and organise a soundscape to bring the story to life.

What will you learn?

  • to create sounds

  • to compose using a Story of The Dreaming as a stimulus

  • organise musical ideas using graphic notation.

Syllabus outcomes

  • 4.2 A student performs music, using different forms of notation and different types of technology across a broad range of musical styles.

  • 4.4 A student demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts through exploring, experimenting, improvising, organising, arranging and composing.

  • 4.5 A student notates compositions using traditional and/or non-traditional notation.

  • 4.8 A student demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts through aural identification and discussion of the features of a range of repertoire.

  • 4.9 A student demonstrates musical literacy through the use of notation, terminology and the reading and interpreting of scores used in the music selected for study

Stimulus - The Creation Song

  1. Read the Story of the Rainbow Serpent and consider the key moments in the story.

  2. Watch the performance of The Creation Song below.

  3. Consider how the key moments in the story are represented in changes within the music. Discuss with a friend or write a response in your book or on your school's digital learning platform.

Offline access

Download and print this document to send to students with limited access to online resources.


creativearts-music-aboriginalmusic-tiddalickthefrog-s4 (3).docx

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