Elements and Performance Criteria
- Develop music knowledge
- Identify and use appropriate sources of information about various musical genres and styles, and their historical or social contexts
- Analyse various musical genres and styles to identify their artistic and commercial qualities and features
- Analyse music artists, repertoire and trends through discussion of music performances
- Use listening skills to analyse music
- Develop listening skills for live and recorded music to identify musical structures and use of technology in identified musical genre or style
- Listen critically to identified artists and repertoire, and compare actual performance against artistic and commercial intention, qualities and features
- Assess the contribution of technical and sound production to live and recorded music products
- Maintain music knowledge