1.3 Music in Context

Achievement Standard 1.3: Demonstrate understanding of music in context focuses on analysing two selected pieces of music in relation to its cultural, historical, and social context. 

REQUIREMENTS:

TASK: Demonstrate understanding of music in relation to contexts. 

CRITERIA: Evaluate music in relation to contexts involves drawing conclusions about the significance of relationships between music concepts and the contexts of the pieces of music. 

As part of the evidence provided, students must engage with pieces of music from a Māori context and an additional context. A Māori context refers to the Māori cultural, historical, or social setting within which the music fits, as well as the time, place, environment, or occasion for which it was created, performed, or both. Music concepts refer to the building blocks of music. 

An additional context can be any cultural, historical, or social setting, and could include a Pacific or different Māori context. This includes the time, place, environment, or occasion for which the music was created, performed, or both. 

Music concepts refer to the building blocks of music. Examples include: musical elements and conventions, such as tonality, melody, rhythm, and compositional and expressive devices. āhuatanga puoro and mātauranga Māori in music, including culturally grounded features and practices that are embedded in the music. These could include movement and facial expression, intonation and vocal practices, the use of taonga puoro, and te reo Māori.