Welcome Grade 6!

COURSE SUMMARY

For IMYC Music students will have opportunities to acquire and apply a range of skills to support them in challenges, including the ability to...

• Know that the study of music is concerned with musical expression and communication 

• Know the uses of the elements of music 

• Know about the origins and history of musical styles and instruments

• Know the characteristics of representative music genres and styles from a variety of cultures 

• Know the functions music serves, the roles of musicians and the conditions under which music is typically performed in several cultures

•  Use music vocabulary and apply the elements of music to analyse and describe musical forms 

• Interpret standard notation symbols 

• Sing and/or play a melody with accompaniment 

• Make links between music and other disciplines taught in school 

• Create or compose short pieces within specified parameters 

• Perform a repertoire of music, alone or with others, paying attention to performance practice, breath control, posture and tone quality 

• Make judgments about pieces of music, showing understanding, appreciation, respect and enjoyment as appropriate 

• Display a range of emotions while playing instruments and singing

• Improvise, extend or create music to express emotion, ideas, creativity and imagination 

• Perform as part of an ensemble and contribute to the overall experience of the collaboration 

• Consider pieces of music in terms of meaning, mood, structure, place and time 

• Understand that the work of musicians is influenced by their environment and experiences