Music - Hit It!

Length of Course

Semester

Level

Year 8

Learning Area

Year 8 - Area 4 (Optional)

Core or Specialist

Specialist

Pre-requisites

Nil

Subject Description

Hit It!

Begin your percussion journey with exhilarating percussion styles and fast paced beats. Students will experiment with and create music using drum corps drums, percussion instruments, drum kits and body percussion.

This practical subject will teach basic theory concepts and apply them to percussion instruments. A great chance to work with others in a practical, team based learning environment.

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Content

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

  • Read music notation and perform on selected percussion instruments
  • Compose music for percussion instruments
  • Understand different music styles
Assessment
  • Composition
  • Glossary of terms quiz
  • Samba
Pathways
  • Year 9 Music
  • Music ensembles including drum corps

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Year 8 - Music - Hit It!

Tenison Woods College respectfully acknowledges the Boandik people are the First Nations people of the Mount Gambier South Eastern region of South Australia and pay respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, past, present and emerging.