Music (MUS01‑03)
Core elements

The core element of performing music places emphasis on the pupils' active participation through voice, body and instruments in interaction, performing and playing together in different musical expressions and genres. The core element shall provide the pupils with the experience of playing, singing and dancing in different contexts. The core element contributes to giving the pupils training in crafts, expressions and presentations through creative processes.

The core element of making music emphasises the creative work of pupils through organising and combining the basic elements of music into something new or transforming something familiar. The core element contributes to training the pupils to express themselves and listen with focus on the creative processes. The pupils shall gain experience of and training in various ways of making music and shall also learn to use various improvisation and composing techniques, tools and methods.

The core element of experiencing music emphasises the pupils’ ability to listen actively and open their senses. This opens for emotional experiences ranging from everyday experiences to the existential encounters with music, and gives the pupils training in expressing their musical experiences. Knowledge about and experience with music and musical techniques is the point of departure for a reflected and exploratory approach to the experience of music.

The core element of cultural understanding refers to how singing and music that are performed, made and experienced by the pupils are anchored in and are important to the culture they originate in. Being able to understand one’s own musical expressions and those of others, performing music, making music and experiencing music all require and contribute to musical competence. Playing, singing and dancing as aesthetic expressions are influenced by and are expressions of historical and societal circumstances. The meaning of music is created when music is used in social contexts, and music gives meaning to social events and rituals.