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7–10Music 7–10 Syllabus (2024)

Implementation from 2026
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Stage 4

Listening

For students who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing, Listening may include the use of assistive technology, score-reading activities, watching performances and accessing music through other senses including the use of sign language.

Music in practice
  • Listen to live and recorded music and identify musical features and ideas

  • Listen to and explore a range of Loading  to compare pieces of music

  • Identify and describe the use of technologies in repertoire

  • Loading  a range of musical symbols and follow Loading  that include Loading  relevant to the repertoire

  • Use appropriate musical terminology to describe and discuss music

  • Use written, verbal and multimodal forms to describe how Loading  are communicated

  • Use Loading  and memory to clap, sing or play musical patterns

  • Transcribe musical patterns using notations relevant to the repertoire

  • Use listening skills to reflect on own live or recorded performances and compositions

Music in context
  • Describe music in relation to a particular time period, Loading , Loading  or Loading 

  • Make connections between pieces of music

  • Describe the stylistic, historical or geographical origins of pieces of music

  • Recognise the purpose of a piece of music

  • Describe how music of Loading  can communicate Cultural understanding of Loading , Loading  or Languages

  • Discuss music from the Loading  of composer, performer and Loading 

  • Reflect on Loading  qualities of music in personal responses to repertoire

  • Discuss how Loading  can be reflected in music

  • Describe how music is adapted or Loading 

  • Compare versions of a piece of music to explore different responses and interpretations over time

  • Identify cultural and social protocols in relation to repertoire

  • Identify processes to support ethical choices when engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music

  • Describe the influences on a piece of music, using written form and appropriate music terminology

Elements of music
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  • Aurally recognise and describe the elements of music

  • Describe how composers use the elements of music to communicate musical ideas in repertoire

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