Music / Year 3 and 4

Curriculum content descriptions

Identify intended purposes and meanings as they listen to music using the elements of music to make comparisons, starting with Australian music, including music of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACAMUR087)

Elaborations
  • identifying meaning and describing purposes in music from different social, cultural or historical contexts
  • comparing the expectations and requirements of performers and audiences in different cultural settings
  • examining music in their community and comparing it to other music of different people, times and cultures
  • writing about how they have used the elements of music when composing and performing and discussing with others the meaning and intended purposes of their compositions
  • Considering viewpoints – evaluations: For example – How did the music make you feel and why?
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
  • Intercultural understanding Intercultural understanding
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms

Aboriginal art,  Australian art,  Torres Strait Islander art,  Art themes,  Musical elements,  Music appreciation

Video

Can you clap the cymbal part from Carmen?

Get your clapping hands ready and join the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra as they play some music from the opera Carmen, by composer Bizet. Follow along with host Paul Rissmann and see if you can keep up with the orchestra! How does this piece of music make you feel? Why do you think it has that effect?