Unit 2 VCE Music Performance Study Design

Works selected for performance in Unit 2 should be ____________ from those works selected for Unit 1

Which is the new area of study in Unit 2 that wasn't in Unit 1?

• performance

• preparing for performance

• music language

• organisation of sound

What should you be able to do at the completion of Outcome 1 (Performance)?

• prepare and perform a program of group and solo works.

• demonstrate and discuss techniques relevant to performance

  of selected works.

• re-create, extend and notate music language components

  and short phrases, and describe ways elements of music may be interpreted.

• devise a composition or an improvisation that uses music

  language evident in work/s being prepared for performance.

What should you be able to do at the completion of Outcome 2 (Preparing for Performance)?

• prepare and perform a program of group and solo works.

• demonstrate and discuss techniques relevant to performance

  of selected works.

• re-create, extend and notate music language components

  and short phrases, and describe ways elements of music may be interpreted.

• devise a composition or an improvisation that uses music

  language evident in work/s being prepared for performance.

What should you be able to do at the completion of Outcome 3 (Music Language)?

• prepare and perform a program of group and solo works.

• demonstrate and discuss techniques relevant to performance

  of selected works.

• re-create, extend and notate music language components

  and short phrases, and describe ways elements of music may be interpreted.

• devise a composition or an improvisation that uses music

  language evident in work/s being prepared for performance.

What should you be able to do at the completion of Outcome 4 (Organisation of Sound)?

• prepare and perform a program of group and solo works.

• demonstrate and discuss techniques relevant to performance

  of selected works.

• re-create, extend and notate music language components

  and short phrases, and describe ways elements of music may be interpreted.

• devise a composition or an improvisation that uses music

  language evident in work/s being prepared for performance.

Which one of these is NOT a key skill for Outcome 1 (Performance)?

• use research to make decisions about how selected works can be interpreted, arranged and/or shaped in performance

• learn, practise, interpret and rehearse a program of group and solo works

• perform a program of group and solo works

• recognise and identify the tonality of a melody presented aurally or in writing in treble and/or bass clef

Which one of these is NOT a key skill for Outcome 2 (preparing for Performance)?

• identify performance challenges relevant to selected works

• create exercises to develop instrumental and presentation techniques

• demonstrate and discuss a planned approach to instrumental and presentation techniques relevant to the performance of selected works

• input and edit work using digital technologies, software and equipment, as appropriate

Which one of these is NOT a key skill for Outcome 3 (Music Language)?

• identify ascending and descending scales that are presented either aurally or in writing in treble and/or bass clef

• listen analytically to excerpts of pre-recorded works including works created and performed by Australians

• use appropriate music terminology and language to identify, describe and discuss ways in which elements of music may be interpreted to achieve expressive outcomes in works selected for performance.

• identify root position triads and chords presented aurally in block harmony and as arpeggios

• research, plan and implement a systematic approach to practise and rehearsal of identified performance challenges, including the use of presentation techniques

Look at the music language chart. Which new SCALES will we learn in Unit 2 that we didn't do in Unit 1?

• blues

• major pentatonic

• minor pentatonic

• melodic minor

• chromatic scale