Sounds Good 1: An Introduction to Music for the New Junior Cycle

Welcome!
Welcome to Sounds Good 1: An introduction to Music for the new Junior Cycle, your textbook for Junior Cycle Music. As you begin your journey in your new school, you may be also beginning your experience of studying music as an academic subject.
Sounds Good 1: An introduction to Music for the new Junior Cycle is an engaging and innovative textbook which places you at the centre of your learning and provides you with a suite of resources to guide you on this new adventure, whilst meeting the requirements of the Junior Cycle Music Specification. In all these new experiences I hope you will remember that music has been a part of your life for a long time.
Music has been helping you to make sense of the world since you were a small baby. Music is a language that our hearts and minds recognise and respond to. In fact, music has been a good friend which has been with you always.
Sounds Good 1: An introduction to Music for the new Junior Cycle textbook will provide you with an opportunity to explore your relationship with music a little more and develop many important skills that will serve you well throughout your life. This textbook will support your learning as you engage with the Learning Outcomes set out in your subject specification. Throughout this book the concepts central to the teaching and learning of music are covered in the eight Units of Learning.
New learning is revisited, directly and indirectly through the various units, whilst developing important skills and assessing your learning experience. Development of Keys Skills, supporting your Wellbeing, and offering you opportunities for meaningful Assessment have been embedded in the Units of Learning set out in this textbook. Investigating, evaluating and reflecting on information whilst collaborating with your classmates will provide you with important opportunities to engage with each other, learn from each other and, most importantly, learn about yourself too.
It’s important to take these opportunities to think, discover, research and explore as they will provide you with creative space to express your ideas and showcase the creative individual you are! Your Sounds Good 1: An introduction to Music for the new Junior Cycle textbook has been designed to seek out your individual talents of creativity, innovation and enterprise. This book will help you to build on your own musical knowledge and experience to date, whilst supporting you in progressing as you imagine, compose and perform music. You will be inspired by the creativity of other creative people you meet throughout this book.
I hope your Sounds Good 1: An introduction to Music for the new Junior Cycle will become your companion on your learning journey. Enjoy the adventure!
Laura Lynch