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Experiment and compose music with technology
Experiment and compose music with technology
Student music resource developed by The Arts Unit
Years 5 to 8 music
What will your students learn?
What will your students learn?
In lesson 1, your students will:
classify instruments into families
discover electronic instruments and sounds
listen to electronic instruments
research an electronic instrument.
In lesson 2, your students will:
describe electronic compositions
experiment with music software
create an electronic music composition
reflect on their composition.
Syllabus outcomes
Syllabus outcomes
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus
Stage 3:
MUS3.2: Improvises, experiments, selects, combines and orders sound using musical concepts.
MUS3.3: Notates and discusses own work and the work of others.
MUS3.4: Identifies the use of musical concepts and symbols in a range of musical styles.
Music 7-10 Syllabus
Music 7-10 Syllabus
Stage 4:
4.4: demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts through exploring, experimenting, improvising, organising, arranging and composing
4.6: experiments with different forms of technology in the composition process
4.7: demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts through listening, observing, responding, discriminating, analysing, discussing and recording musical ideas
4.10: identifies the use of technology in the music selected for study, appropriate to the musical context
Using online music apps and software
Using online music apps and software
Appropriate resources
This lesson includes a number of links to third-party resources, videos, websites, apps and softwares. At the time of publishing, these websites and apps were deemed to be suitable.
However, online content changes rapidly and any software that is being used in the classroom should be thoroughly checked prior to each lesson. Students should also be supervised by an adult when using these apps or websites.
Alternative apps and software
In addition to the free software and games listed in the lesson, you may like to download apps or purchase a music education software license.
You may like to look into the following apps: GarageBand, Beatwave, GrooveMaker, Figure and Soundtrap.
Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students
Suggestions for how to use this resource with your students
Collection of student work
Collection of student work
Google Form: create a Google Form with activities and/or questions, as well as, the ability for your students to upload of any files they create. Email this form to your students with the link to the Creative Class and all your student responses will be collated in a google sheet.
Google Classroom Assignment: create an assignment or a quiz in your classes Google Classroom with activities and/or questions, as well as, the ability for your students to upload any files they create.
MS Teams: create a quiz or an assignment in your class team drive where students can submit responses and upload any files they create.
Email: instruct your students to email you any responses and files they create.
Flipgrid: a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display.
Jamboard: an interactive whiteboard which can be used as a feedback board for you and your students to use.
For further support on how to create these resources
For further support on how to create these resources
Offline access
Offline access
Download and print this document to send to students with limited access to online resources.
Electronic sounds - @The Arts Unit Creative Classes.docxWould you like to promote your school and showcase your students' work as a result of engaging in this Creative Class?
Help us celebrate the fantastic work of NSW public school students by emailing photos or videos that you have permission to share and comments on how your students enjoyed the class to digital.artsunit@det.nsw.edu.au.
Please include the Creative Class title and your school name in the email so we can share on The Arts Unit social media and our website.
Teacher feedback
Teacher feedback
Third-party content attributions
Third-party content attributions
Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus, © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2006, copied under s113P, accessed 10 May 2020.
Music 7-10 Syllabus, © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2003, copied under s113P, accessed 10 May 2020.
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