Years 7 and 8 · The Arts · Developing practices and skills

AC9AMU8D01

develop and practise listening/aural skills and vocal and/or instrumental skills/techniques for manipulating elements of music to achieve expressive effects

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Where AC9AMU8D01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Years 7 and 8.

1. Years 5 and 6AC9AMU6D01develop listening/aural skills and skills for manipulating elements of music to achieve expressive effects when composing, singing and playing instruments
2. Years 9 and 10AC9AMU10D01develop, practise and refine the use of listening/aural skills and style-specific vocal instrumental skills/techniques to interpret music and communicate expressive effects
3. Years 9 and 10AC9AMU10D02reflect on their own and others’ music to inform choices they make as composers and performers about how they will interpret and/or manipulate elements of music and/or compositional devices