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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Listening and Responding
Essential elements of Rhythm, Pitch, Volume, Tempo, Dynamics, Texture and Form. |
Recognises and uses some musical terms of tempo;
recognises and understands phrasing and articulation and how it affects a performance. |
Recognises and understands how different elements affect styles. Has awareness of rhythmic pattern and pitch differences. |
Singing
Correct vocal technique, breath control, tone, intonation and posture to sing in class, a group and solo. |
Sings from conventional notation with increasing awareness of good vocal technique; maintains a part with others; is able to sight-sing rhythms and pitch separately. |
Sings from conventional notation with increasing awareness of good vocal technique; maintains a part with others; has confidence with sight-singing rhythms and pitch. |
Creating
Create and improvise music using rhythm, pitch, texture and tempo. |
Is able to provide a passage of improvisation on tuned or untuned percussion, recorder or keyboard in a musical context. |
Completes rhythmic and melodic phrases using conventional notation; improvises on notes of the 'Blues Scale'. |
Playing
Classroom percussion instruments, the recorder family, electric keyboards and orchestral instruments. |
Plays in a class ensemble adding orchestral instruments to class percussion; plays keyboard in several different hand positions; identifies suitable accompaniments for keyboard melodies; plays keyboard together with others; maintains ostinato patterns in tuned and untuned percussion. |
Plays and programmes the keyboard with chord accompaniment; uses conventional notation for tuned percussion; performs in class ensembles. |
Reading and Notating
Identify the pitch and value of notes and understand music directions of tempo, expression and interpretation in reading and writing; use suitable technology to notate and record music. |
Writes notes of simple pieces using Sibelius music software. |
Writes notes from aural stimuli, consisting of stepwise and small intervals. |
| Analysing and Appreciating
Identify and analyse a variety of music works, both choral and instrumental, and identify their forms. |
Responds to and discusses conventional and modern music works, identifying key musical characteristics and key elements; identifies the works of some New Zealand composers. |
Responds to and discusses music from important musical historical styles, including mainstream 19th and 20th Century variants - chamber music, piano works, jazz. |