Music - Year 9 · Stage 4-5

World Music

Musical systems outside the Western tradition, studied through their own concepts rather than translated into ours.

Dot points
8
Module
1 of 3
Course
Music - Year 9
01What this module asks of you

The 8 syllabus dot points in World Music

These are the statements the Music - Year 9 syllabus makes about World 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

    Indonesian gamelan: tuning, texture and function

    Indonesian gamelan: tuning, texture and function - World Music, Year 9.

  2. 02

    Indian classical music: raga and tala

    Indian classical music: raga and tala - World Music, Year 9.

  3. 03

    West African drumming and polyrhythm

    West African drumming and polyrhythm - World Music, Year 9.

  4. 04

    Japanese traditional music: instruments and aesthetics

    Japanese traditional music: instruments and aesthetics - World Music, Year 9.

  5. 05

    Latin American rhythms and syncopation

    Latin American rhythms and syncopation - World Music, Year 9.

  6. 06

    Celtic and folk traditions

    Celtic and folk traditions - World Music, Year 9.

  7. 07

    Music and ceremony

    Music and ceremony - World Music, Year 9.

  8. 08

    Appropriation versus exchange

    Appropriation versus exchange - World Music, Year 9.

02How it is examined

What a World Music question asks you to do

Year 9 Assessment Task Shape is 50 marks in 75 minutes. Questions on World 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 9 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

World Music in the Music - Year 9 course

World Music opens the Music - Year 9 course. Students routinely lose marks because a question spans two modules, so the neighbouring modules are worth reading next to this one.

Find the World Music dot points you have never been asked

Dux diagnoses Music - Year 9 dot point by dot point, then writes questions in the shape this course marks. Written answers come back marked against the bands.