THIS  STUDY UNIT WILL FOCUS  ON  VARIOUS MUSIC CONCEPT  AND VARIOUS TYPES  OF MUSIC ACTIVITIES. YIOU WILL LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY  AND RESPOND TO THESE  CONCEPT THROUGH  MUSIC LISTENING AND MOVEMENT WHILE ALSO ACQUIRING  THE KNOWLEDGE  AND SKILLS  TO FACILITATE VARIOUS TYPES  OF MUSIC  ACTIVITIES  IN THE FOUNDATION  PHASE  BY USING  PRINCIPLES OF PROMINENT MUSIC EDUCATION TEACHING  METHODS.

INCLUSIVITY IN THE FOUNDATION PHASE 

MUSIC EDUCATION OFFERS  UNIQUE  OPPORTUNITIES FOR  ADDRESSING  INCLISIVE  GOALS IN EDUCATION. ALTHOUGH  THE FOCUS  OF THIS MODULE  IS NOT  INCLUSIVE  EDUCATION   AND SPECIAL NEEDS  AS SUCH,  IT  IS IMPORTANT  TO BE AWARE  THET , ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT ONE DAY  TEACH IN  A  MAINSTREAM SCHOOL, YOUR LEARNERS WILL STILL HAVE DIVERSE  NEEDS  AND SOME  MIGHT HAVE UNIQUE  NEEDS  IN TERMS OF  LEARNING STRATEGIES , MOVEMENT ABILITIES, TRAUMATIC OR  ADVERSE CHILDHOOD  EXPERIENCES, POVERTY,  ATTENTION DEFICIT CHALLANGE , DYSLEXIA NOT YET  DIAGNOSED  OR IN  MILD DEGREE,  MIGHT FALL ON  THE  AUTRISM SPECTRUM OR  EXPERIENCE  HINDERED SIGHT  OR HEARING .

MUSIC ELEMENTS 

ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS IN MUSIC. THROUGH , COMBINING THE DIFFERNT  ELEMENTS , WE CAN  CREATE MUSIC. TONE REFERS TO A SPECIFIC  MUSIC ELEMENTS  THAT GIVES MUSIC  ITS CHARACTERISTICS SOUND AND  THROUGH WHICH WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN MUSIC AND NOISE. THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF  MUSIC ARE:

• DURATION (OF NOTE)  - INCLUDING MUSIC  CONCEPTS OF BEAT, METER, RY\HYTHM AND TEMPO
• PITCH ( OF NOTE)
• INTENSITY (OF NOTE )
• TEXTURE