7–10Music 7–10 Syllabus (2024)
The new Music 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026. The Music 7–10 Syllabus (2003) will not be available after December 2027.
2026 – Start teaching the 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 5
- MU5-LIS-01
uses listening skills to analyse music in relation to stylistic, cultural, historical and social contexts
- MU5-LIS-02
uses listening skills to evaluate how the elements of music are manipulated and combined
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.
Listen to live and recorded music and evaluate musical features and the communication of ideas
Listen to and explore a range of Loading to analyse and compare pieces of music
Evaluate and explain the use of technologies in a range of repertoire
Loading and analyse musical Loading relevant to the Loading and Loading
Transcribe music using Loading relevant to the repertoire such as staff, regional, stylistic or instrument-specific systems
Use Loading and memory to identify, sing or play rhythmic and melodic patterns
Use written, verbal and multimodal forms to analyse how Loading are communicated
Use appropriate musical terminology and text structures to analyse, evaluate and compare music
Use listening skills to reflect on and evaluate own performances or compositions live or through recordings
Explain how genre and style are characterised and represented through musical features and Loading
Examine the relationship between musical Loading of a piece of music and its purpose
Evaluate how music can influence and challenge ideas and contribute to developing cultural understandings at local, national and international levels
Evaluate how a work reflects personal or shared understandings, identities, values and experiences
Examine music from the Loading of composer, performer and Loading
Compare and discuss different interpretations of a work
Explore Loading qualities of music across a range of styles and approaches to interpretation
Identify and describe how Loading , Loading and/or Languages are reflected in the music of Loading and apply understanding of respectful Loading to inform how music is studied and interpreted
Show understanding of stylistic, cultural, historical or social contexts in written form using appropriate musical terminology
Aurally identify the elements of music
Analyse and discuss the elements of music in repertoire
Evaluate how the elements of music are manipulated and combined in music from a range of musical genres and styles