Music Year 9
9MUS Course Description Recommended Prior LearningOpen Entry
In Year 9 Music, students will explore a range of practical and theoretical musical skills through engaging and creative activities.
What students will learn:
Guitar Skills - Learn to read TAB and chord charts, play simple melodies, and strum common chord progressions.
Musical Knowledge - Develop an understanding of the elements of music (such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, etc.), music notation, and listening skills.
Group Performance - Work collaboratively in small groups to learn, rehearse, and perform a chosen song.
Composition - Learn the basics of composing music using digital tools, with a focus on creating an original piece on a program called Bandlab.
Course Standards
9MUS001 – Demonstrate Knowledge of Music
Students complete a test to show their understanding of musical elements, theory, and listening skills.9MUS002 – Compose an Original Piece of Music
Students create one original composition using Bandlab.9MUS003 – Demonstrate Practical Skills
Students are assessed on their individual guitar playing and their participation in a group performance.
Course Overview
Term 1
Music Knowledge
- Introduction to the elements of music
- Rhythm and duration: rests, time signatures, and barlines
- Pitch: reading the stave, treble and bass clefs, accidentals
- Timbre: exploring instrument families (strings, brass, woodwind, percussion, voice, guitar, keyboard, drumkit)
- Structure and texture
- Dynamics and expressive techniques
- Tempo
- Theory test
Guitar Skills
-Guitar posture and technique
- TAB reading and playing simple melodies
- Reading chord charts
- Strumming patterns
- Playing together as a class
- Individual practice
- Guitar assessment
Term 2
Composition
- Creating rhythm tracks in Bandlab
- Writing and entering chord progressions
- Recording chords using Bandlab instruments
- Writing and layering a melody
- Structuring a short piece of music
- Finishing, exporting, and handing in the final composition
Group performance:
- Select song, instruments, and group members
- Learn chords, TAB, and individual parts
- Practise individually, then rehearse as a group
- Reflect on rehearsals and solve challenges
- Develop rehearsal and performance skills
- Perform as a group for assessment
Pathway Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Students will need their own earphones or headphones.