The class music course for option students is similar to those of the scholarship students except that they complete only one unit per semester in this area. The units are taught in a practical way, with students working in a piano keyboard laboratory to develop musicianship skills. The lessons are not piano lessons, but are designed to provide all students, regardless of their instrument, a knowledge of keyboard layout and how to use it to devise basic accompaniments for simple melodies. As a result students develop a better understanding of harmony and its basic principles. Literature of Music involves the study of the history of music so that students develop a more complete appreciation of music and the ability to differentiate between the music of different eras, different genres of composition, and the styles of different composers.
Students are able to learn the same range of instruments as listed for the scholarship students.
They must have been learning previously, either privately or at school. If they have been learning previously at a Government primary school, instrumental lessons will continue to be provided. If they have been learning privately during their years at primary school they must continue to learn privately at their own expense. Instrumental lessons are in classes of three students of thirty minutes duration, usually on a rotating program during school hours. Students who have had an instrument supplied by the Education Department at primary school will continue to have one supplied in most cases.