Music - Year 8 · Stage 4-5

Australian Music

Music made here: Indigenous traditions, colonial and folk inheritances, and the contemporary scene.

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

The 8 syllabus dot points in Australian Music

These are the statements the Music - Year 8 syllabus makes about Australian 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

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music: song, ceremony and Country

    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music: song, ceremony and Country - Australian Music, Year 8.

  2. 02

    The didgeridoo and vocal traditions

    The didgeridoo and vocal traditions - Australian Music, Year 8.

  3. 03

    Colonial and folk music in Australia

    Colonial and folk music in Australia - Australian Music, Year 8.

  4. 04

    Bush ballads and national identity

    Bush ballads and national identity - Australian Music, Year 8.

  5. 05

    Australian rock and pub rock

    Australian rock and pub rock - Australian Music, Year 8.

  6. 06

    Indigenous contemporary music

    Indigenous contemporary music - Australian Music, Year 8.

  7. 07

    Australian art music

    Australian art music - Australian Music, Year 8.

  8. 08

    Funding, radio and the local industry

    Funding, radio and the local industry - Australian Music, Year 8.

02How it is examined

What a Australian Music question asks you to do

Year 8 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on Australian 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 8 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

Australian Music in the Music - Year 8 course

Australian Music opens the Music - Year 8 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Start of courseAustralian Music
Next modulePopular Music8 dot points

Find the Australian Music dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses Music - Year 8 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.