Music - Year 7 · Stage 4-5

The Concepts of Music

The six concepts that describe any music, and the vocabulary to name what you hear.

Dot points
8
Module
1 of 3
Course
Music - Year 7
01What this module asks of you

The 8 syllabus dot points in The Concepts of Music

These are the statements the Music - Year 7 syllabus makes about The Concepts of Music. Dux records each one against the questions you answer, so you can see which of them you have actually been tested on and which have never been asked.

  1. 01

    Duration: beat, rhythm, metre, tempo

    Duration: beat, rhythm, metre, tempo - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

  2. 02

    Pitch: melody, harmony, tonality

    Pitch: melody, harmony, tonality - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

  3. 03

    Dynamics and expressive techniques

    Dynamics and expressive techniques - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

  4. 04

    Tone colour and instrumentation

    Tone colour and instrumentation - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

  5. 05

    Texture: monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic

    Texture: monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

  6. 06

    Structure: binary, ternary, verse-chorus

    Structure: binary, ternary, verse-chorus - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

  7. 07

    Reading basic staff notation

    Reading basic staff notation - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

  8. 08

    The concepts working together

    The concepts working together - The Concepts of Music, Year 7.

02How it is examined

What a The Concepts of Music question asks you to do

Year 7 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on The Concepts of Music are not one shape repeated: the command word decides what the marker is looking for, and the mark value decides how much of it. These are the ones Music - Year 7 uses.

analyse3–4describe2–3design3–5discuss5–6identify1

Dux writes practice for this module in exactly these shapes, so the drill is the same task the paper sets — not a general knowledge quiz with the module name on it.

03Where this module sits

The Concepts of Music in the Music - Year 7 course

The Concepts of Music opens the Music - Year 7 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Start of courseThe Concepts of Music
Next moduleListening and Analysis8 dot points

Find the The Concepts of Music dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses Music - Year 7 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.