Development of aural skills, aural memory and inner hearing to identify, sing/play back and transcribe pitch and rhythm patterns (ACAMUM092)

Aural recognition of specific elements of music in short excerpts (not all content may be relevant to the selected context):

Rhythm

• simple time: ,, , , , , and compound time: , , , ,
• rests: ,
• pause, ostinato/riff
• tempo: very slow/largo, slow/adagio, moderate/moderato, fast/allegro, very fast/presto

Pitch

• scales: major pentatonic, major scales up to 1 sharp and 1 flat in treble clef
• intervals: steps and leaps, half step/semitone, whole step/tone, Perfect 5^th and Perfect 8^ve
• triads: major
• tonality: pentatonic, major and minor
• pedal/drone, ostinato/riff

Dynamics and expression

• very soft/pianissimo (pp) to very loud/fortissimo (ff) including mezzo piano (mp) and mezzo forte (mf)
• legato, staccato

Form and structure

• repetition and contrast
• riff/ostinato, call and response
• binary, ternary/popular song form (verse, chorus), rondo

Timbre

• instrumental and vocal types and groups/ensembles

Texture

• unison/monophonic/single line, homophonic/melody and accompaniment

(ACAMUM092; ACAMUM093)

Use of structured composition tasks to compose and arrange music, improvising and experimenting with specific elements of music to explore and develop music ideas (ACAMUM093; ACAMUM095)

Use of invented and conventional notation, specific music terminology and available technologies to record and communicate music ideas (ACAMUM095)

Development of technical and expressive skills, through practice and rehearsal, of a variety of solo and ensemble music (ACAMUM094; ACAMUM096)

Application of strategies to regularly practise and improve performance skills and techniques (ACAMUM094)

Development of ensemble skills, working together to balance and blend tone and volume; and maintain safety, correct posture and technique when using instruments, voices and technologies (ACAMUM094; ACAMUM096)