Teaching literacy in Music: Stage 4

Unit: Experimenting with sound

Part A: Objectives and outcomes

The lessons are designed to present and revise terminology related to sound and its organisation into music by engaging students in listening, performing and composing activities. This focus is clearly reflected in the Music 7–10 Syllabus objectives.

Music 7–10 Syllabus objectives

Students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills in the concepts of music through:

performing as a means of self-expression, interpreting musical symbols and developing solo and/or ensemble techniques
composing as a means of self-expression, musical creation and problem-solving
listening as a means of extending aural awareness and communicating ideas about music in social, cultural and historical contexts.

This unit addresses the following Stage 4 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.

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

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

4.9 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.

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