10MCO - Music Contemporary

10 Music Contemporary

This is an open-entry course for students who want to develop skills in playing and creating contemporary music. This is a highly practical course where students will learn how to play a variety of instruments including bass, drums, guitar, vocals and keyboard. Students will then apply their skills on all instruments by performing with a band. Students who completed 9MCO will further develop and extend their instrumental technique in this course.

No past musical study is required; however, students are encouraged to take advantage of the individual lessons offered at school.

Students will engage in the following areas of learning:

• Contemporary Instrument Technique: learn techniques on contemporary music instruments including guitar, bass, keys and drum kit. Students will learn to read the musical terms and symbols for these instruments.

• Band Performance: form a band with members of the class, learning to play and arrange a contemporary song which will be performed to a live audience.

• Music Literacy: learn about the language and elements of music and how they can be applied to create an effective musical performance.

• Composition: work with a group to compose an original piece of music using digital audio music software.