Scope and Sequence: Year 7 Music 2013

Unit / Unit 1 / Unit 2 / Unit 3 / Unit 4
Time/ Duration / Term 1 / Term 2 / Term 3 / Term 4
Name of Unit / Introduction to Music & Instruments of the Orchestra
(4.1, 4.2, 4.5 4.7) / Rock Music
(4.9. 4.10) / Music for Radio, Film, TV and Multimedia
( 4.4, 4.6) / Aboriginal Music & Australian Rock
( 4.3, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9)
Concepts / Concepts of music:
Pitch, Duration, Tone Colour, Structure, Texture and Dynamics & Expressive Techniques
Exploring the tone colour of the Instruments of the Orchestra / Concepts of music
Concept of a riff and its use as a structural device in Rock music
Characteristics & history of rock music / Film Music – Theme and Incidental Music
Music in Advertising
Music for Radio & Multimedia
Concepts of music in listening examples / Characteristics of traditional Aboriginal Music
Aboriginal Rock
Australian Rock
Concepts of music in listening examples
In class activities and Homework / Practising and performing selected music on the keyboard.
Completing questions based on various listening examples demonstrating the musical concepts
Research activities incorporated ICT into the instruments of the orchestra / Performs riffs on the guitar or the keyboard.
Completes questions based on various listening examples from the Rock music genre selected for study / Performs simple movie themes on the guitar. Listens, analyses and discusses various film/TV music excerpts
Experiments with technology to compose music for a film scene or jingle for an advertisement. / Performs riffs on the guitar or the keyboard.
Completes questions based on various listening examples from the topic selected for study
Assessments / Graphic notation composition week 4
Performance Assessment week 7/8 / Aural/written examination week 3/4 / Composition Assessment week 7/8 / Performance Assessment week 3
Aural/written Examination week 4
Learning Areas / Composing skills
Performing skills / Aural skills, Score Reading / composing skills / Performing skills, Aural skills, Score Reading
Reporting Stems / Semester 1
4.1 Performs in a range of musical styles demonstrating an understanding of the music concepts.
4.2 Performs music using different forms of notation and different types of technology
4.5 Notates compositions using traditional and/or non-traditional notation
4.7 Aural recognition of musical concepts including the appropriate use of musical language to express ideas.
4.9 Demonstrates musical literacy through the use of notation, terminology and interpretation of music scores.
4.10 Identifies the use of technology in the music selected for study. / Semester 2
4.3 Performs music demonstrating solo and/or ensemble awareness
4.4 Demonstrates an understanding of musical concepts through composing.
4.6 Composes in a variety of styles experimenting with different forms of technology in the composition process.
4.7 Aural recognition of musical concepts including the appropriate use of musical language to express ideas.
4.8 Demonstrates an understanding of the music concepts through aural identification.
4.9 Demonstrates musical literacy through the use of notation, terminology and interpretation of music scores.