Music
Structure
The study is made up of six units:
Unit 1: Music
Unit 2: Music
Units 3 and 4: Music Contemporary Performance
Units 3 and 4: Music Inquiry
NB. Students may elect to undertake one or both of these Unit 3 and 4 sequences
UNIT 1:
Organisation of Music
In this unit students explore and develop their understanding of how music is organised. By performing, creating, analysing and responding to music works that exhibit different approaches, students explore and develop their understanding of the possibilities of musical organisation.
They prepare and perform ensemble and/or solo musical works to develop technical control, expression and stylistic understanding on their chosen instrument/sound source. At least two works should be associated with their study of approaches to music organisation.
They create (arrange, compose or improvise) short music exercises that reflect their understanding of the organisation of music and the processes they have studied.
They develop knowledge of music language concepts as they analyse and respond to a range of music, becoming familiar with the ways music creators treat elements of music and concepts and use compositional devices to create works that communicate their ideas.
UNIT 2:
Effect in Music
In this unit, students focus on the way music can be used to create an intended effect. By performing, analysing and responding to music works/examples that create different effects, students explore and develop their understanding of the possibilities of how effect can be created. Through creating their own music, they reflect this exploration and understanding.
Students prepare and perform ensemble and/or solo musical works to develop technical control, expression and stylistic understanding using their chosen instrument/sound source. They should perform at least one work to convey a specified effect and demonstrate this in performance.
They create (arrange, compose or improvise) short music exercises that reflect their understanding of the organisation of music and the processes they have studied.
As they analyse and respond to a wide range of music, they become familiar with the ways music creators treat elements and concepts of music and use compositional devices to create works that communicate their ideas. They continue to develop their understanding of common musical language concepts by identifying, recreating and notating these concepts.