Listen to the Music, sixth edition, is a suite of resources designed to make music practical and engaging for all students studying Music in Years 7 – 10.

Written and mapped to the Australian Curriculum: The Arts, this new edition has been updated with an extensive range of activities and multimedia. There are four units of study on various topics of interest but all have a strong emphasis on performance activities, allowing your students to experience the music directly.

CONTENTS
UNIT 1: THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF MUSIC
The raw materials and nature of music
How sounds are made
How pitch is described
Program music
Beats and metre
Rhythm
The basic musical notes
Writing notes correctly on the staff
Time names
Choosing sound qualities for mood
Musical structure
Further aspects of pitch

UNIT 2: THE INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC
Percussion instruments
The piano
Wind instruments
The acoustic guitar
The orchestral strings
The orchestra

UNIT 3: ROCK ELEMENTS AND STYLES
What is rock?
The basic features of a rock song
The characteristics of rock
The basic instruments of rock
Rock styles
Songs with non-rock influences

UNIT 4: MUSIC AND SOCIETY
The function of music in society
Indigenous Australia
The Middle East
Asia
Europe
England – Baroque orchestral music
Germany and Austria – The romantic solo song
Russia – The birth of modern music
United States of America

Listen to the Music Student Book, 6th Edition by Ian Dorricott