7–10Music 7–10 Syllabus
The new Music 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026.
2024 and 2025 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2026 – Start teaching new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts.
Content
Stage 4
- MU4-COM-01
improvises, arranges or composes using the elements of music to create musical ideas
Improvise and creatively explore musical ideas in response to a stimulus
Improvise and experiment to communicate musical ideas
Experiment with different ways of combining musical ideas
Use a range of sound sources, sound production methods, timbres and digital technologies to improvise, generate, compose, manipulate, arrange, notate and record musical ideas
Document musical ideas using notations appropriate to the style
Reflect on and document in writing compositional choices and processes
Explore how conventions of different styles and media can be used to create meaning
Create musical ideas reflective of a genre or style
Compose music inspired and influenced by Australian works, including Aboriginal music within appropriate local contexts, while working with local Community Knowledge Holders where possible
Research cultural, historical and social influences to inform own compositions
Compose with a consideration of performer and audience perspectives
Adapt pieces of music or their features for new purposes
Apply protocols with respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians, Communities and Cultural Knowledges, as well as Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)
Apply the protocols and responsibilities of working safely and respectfully with others
Demonstrate understanding of risks and protocols related to information, identity and intellectual property when sharing compositions or other material on public or private forums
Explore how the elements of music can be used and combined to create and communicate musical ideas through improvising and composing
Reflect on the use of the elements of music in own compositions and the compositions of others