7–10Music 7–10 Syllabus (2024)

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