Outcome

• MUS3.4

Introduction

• Watch the advertisement, Lufthansa New York to identify two segments of audio - Jackhammer and Pachelbel Canon in D
• Read an excerpt of Experimental Music by John Cage.

Body

• What is the difference between the two audio sections of the advertisement? One audio section is ‘musical’, the other is not.
• Refer to part of Experimental Music by John Cage. Discuss the concept of a range of audio sounds from a bird song to humming, from a washing machine to the ocean as being musical. Re-evaluate if a jackhammer is musical?

Conclusion

• Explore music that samples a range of audio sounds including Infected Mushroom Heavy Weight (from beginning of the track), David August Epikur (from beginning), Burial Loner (cue to 7 minutes)
• Have students find their own examples of audio sounds incorporated into music.

Ashfield Public School as part of MyPL RG02217 Introduction to Music within the K-6 Creative Arts Syllabus.