Music / Year 9 and 10

Curriculum content descriptions

Perform music applying techniques and expression to interpret the composer’s use of elements of music (ACAMUM103)

Elaborations
  • performing music from scores made by themselves and others
  • Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How are these two performances different? Which one was more successful with audiences and why?
  • exploiting musical features of works across a range of styles and contexts in performance
  • recognising the influence of social, cultural and historical developments and incorporating these into their performance
  • using aural skills and reading notation to develop interpretation as they perform known and unknown repertoire in a range of styles
General capabilities
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Ear training,  Musical elements

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