Yothu Yindi


Explore possibilities and perspectives in the fusion between popular music and traditional Aboriginal Music.

What will you learn?

  • to analyse a range of repertoire

  • to identify how the concepts of music have been used and manipulated in a range of repertoire

  • how composers can take elements from two styles of music to create fusion.

Syllabus outcomes

  • 4.7 A student demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts through listening, observing, responding, discriminating, analysing, discussing and recording ideas.

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

  • 4.10 A student identifies the use of technology in the music selected for study, appropriate to the musical context

Stimulus - the story of Yothu Yindi and 'Treaty'

Prediction activity - before reading about Yothu Yindi, complete the following True/False quiz to make some predictions based on what you already know.

Read the following article on Yothu Yindi and 'Treaty', then revisit your prediction answers to see if you were correct!

ABC The Writing, the impact and the legacy of Yothu Yindi's 'Treaty' (also has 11 min podcast)


References