Music for primary students
Music Personal and Social Capability
Encourage your students to develop their musical skills by exploring, imitating and recognising elements of music, including dynamic, pitch and rhythm with this collection.
Additional resources
The Australian Curriculum resources (external) Music lesson plans (external) Teacher Vision resources (external) Scootle: ACAMUM080 (external) Scootle: ACAMUM084 (external) Scootle: ACAMUM088 (external) VCCA: VCAMUR020 (external) VCCA: VCAMUR024 (external) VCCA: VCAMUR028 (external) VCCA: VCAMUR032 (external)
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4:23 | Published 2 years ago
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A rising country music star

Meet a young girl who is on the way to becoming a country music star. Find out what inspires her music.

Music
15:32 | Published 4 years ago
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Music Moves

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Songcraft

This program looks at the different song writing processes of three groups; one a professional rock group and two groups of young musicians just "starting out." It follows them from the initial trigger or idea for their songs, through the choices they make, the setbacks and changes, to the final performance of their work.

Music
15:05 | Published 4 years ago
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Music Moves

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Music and Movement

Movement can be a wonderful way to understand and respond to music. In this program students work with a piece of repertoire in three beat metre, using body percussion to explore musical ideas such as call and response, ostinato, question and answer and accent. The body percussion patterns are then transferred to movement patterns. A movement plan is developed, and the composition performed.

Music
15:31 | Published 4 years ago
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Soundscape

This program starts with a poem about the wind. Students identify sound words in the poem, and explore the concept of tone colour as they express the words using vocal and body percussion sounds. These sounds are then transferred to instruments and performed as a composition. In the process the students explore the idea of a sound score as they come up with graphic notation (symbols and pictures) to represent their sounds.

Music
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3:40 | Published 8 years ago
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World music at Womadelaide

Behind The News visits Womadelaide to explore different music styles from around the world, and learns about the didgeridoo.

Music
15:33 | Published 8 years ago
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Music Moves

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Pathways To Music

In this program, students start by creating shapes and movement pathways with their bodies to create a movement composition. The composition is notated graphically, with symbols and pictures, and the resulting sound score is interpreted musically. This approach to music composition is rich and rewarding, and the process generates a lot of exciting musical decision making.

Music
14:29 | Published 9 years ago
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Music And Computer Technology

This program starts with body percussion which is an important tool for understanding music and for pre-instrumental skill development. A piece of repertoire provides the context in which to explore the skills of body percussion. The body percussion repertoire is then transferred to found instruments i.e. rubbish bins, lids, and sticks, and a composition is developed. Other segments in the program extend the exploration of percussion skills.

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15:30 | Published 9 years ago
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Rap

An existing style of music is used as the starting point for composition in this program. The students are taken through a composition process that involves putting four beat metre to lyrics, developing non - melodic percussion accompaniments, and structuring a performance.

Music
15:28 | Published 5 years ago
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Music Moves

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Percussion

This program starts with body percussion which is an important tool for understanding music and for pre-instrumental skill development. A piece of repertoire provides the context in which to explore the skills of body percussion. The body percussion repertoire is then transferred to "found instruments" i.e. rubbish bins, lids, and sticks, and a composition is developed.

Music
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4:06 | Published 4 years ago
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The importance of music education

With so many subjects to cover in school, sometimes the arts are singled out first as an area where funding can be cut. Kids share stories about how music education has benefited them and we examine why valuing the arts is so important.

Music
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3:43 | Published 3 years ago
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Is hip-hop the most influential music?

Everyone has different tastes in music so it's hard to narrow down one genre as the most influential, but scientists have attempted to do that by analysing US music charts from 1960 to 2010. During that time, they've determined that no other genre of music has been as influential as hiphop in changing the landscape of music and impacting all sorts of artists. Hear more about their findings and meet some hiphop fans who explain why the music means so much to them.

Music
15:33 | Published 4 years ago
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Music Moves

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Sounds for Storytelling

A comical animation requiring sound is the starting point in this program. The presenter explores different features of sound production including duration, dynamics and tempo, in the quest to produce sounds which enhance the meaning of the story.

Music
15:20 | Published 5 years ago
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Ostinato

The use of layering repetitive patterns, ostinati, to create ensemble sounds is an important composition tool. This program establishes the idea of rhythmic ostinati patterns using simple time. The concept is developed by demonstrating how melodic and non-melodic ostinati can be added to a song to create a composition.

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3:34 | Published 3 years ago
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Young DJ has a passion for music

He goes by the name Black Summer and he's only 11 years old, but he's already such an impressive DJ that some people have a hard time believing that the tracks he creates are his. But when you hear him talk about his music, it's clear that his passion drives him to become a better DJ and learn new techniques for creating unforgettable songs.

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0:30 | Published 4 years ago
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Can loud music damage hearing?

Harrison learns that listening to music too loudly can damage the ears.

Science
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