Guide to Features

The Pupil’s Book is organised into eight units, each focussing on a specific musical skill to be acquired. The following are features in the book:

The information and activities in each unit are carefully organised into subsections. The Unit Opener introduces the unit. It is attractively designed to stimulate pupils’ interest from the start.

Creating, listening and performing (singing or playing musical instruments) activities provide an enriching music education.

Each unit concludes with a Creative Corner or Activity Spot.

Activity Spot involves creativity or research-based individual project work. This will be followed by a sharing session in class where pupils have to discuss their work with their classmates. Activity Spot trains pupils to work independently and to articulate their views confidently.

Creative Corner provides opportunities for group music-making where pupils acquire the fundamental musicianship skills of cooperating and performing with others. The activities involved are creative in nature and require pupils to improvise or compose. The activities also integrate skills from other disciplines such as art and drama. They aim to help pupils express themselves creatively.

Assessment rubrics provide guidelines for self-evaluation.

Try It Out suggests interesting activities to reinforce music concepts learnt. Check It Out suggests relevant supplementary material on the web to allow pupils to learn beyond the book, or suggests using IT activities from the Perfect Match Music E-book.

Work It Out suggests tips to guide pupils through activities in a sequential manner.

This music icon indicates that an accompanying audio recording is available. Pupils listen to a melody or song before they learn it, or to a piece of music for interpretation.

Solfege names guide pupils to sing the song without having to read the notes.

Visual representation of music notes reinforces pupils’ aural perception of high and low pitches.