Exploration of, and experimentation with, the elements of music through movement, body percussion, singing and playing instruments to create music ideas (ACAMUM082)

Communication and recording of music ideas using graphic and/or standard notation, dynamics and relevant technology (ACAMUM082)

Development and consolidation of aural and theory skills by exploring the elements of music, including:

• rhythm (experience and identify time signatures ,,; use bar lines as a division for beats; terminology and notation for )
• tempo (changing tempos)
• pitch (repetition, unison, small range of pitch patterns based on the pentatonic scale)
• dynamics (getting louder, getting softer, very soft (pp) and very loud (ff))
• form (introduction, verse, chorus rounds and ostinato)
• timbre (sound qualities of instruments; matching different sounds to specific instruments)
• texture (melody and accompaniment)

to create music (ACAMUM080; ACAMUM082)

Practise of simple songs and their own and others’ compositions, to perform for different audiences (ACAMUM081)

Development of performance skills (singing in tune, moving and playing classroom instruments with correct timing and technique) (ACAMUM081)