Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Antiquated Artifacts

Subject Area

Arts Education

Grade(s)

3

Overview

Students will discuss how technology has changed over time and how they listen to music.  They will identify music playing devices through history.  They will listen to a 1939 recording of Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.  They will discuss how the recording sounds.  They will listen to a 1978 recording of the same piece.  They will compare and contrast the two recordings.  Finally, students will play a game to identify antiquated items.   

    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 3 - Music

    AE17.MU.3.17

    Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by its structure, the use of the elements of music, and context.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MU.3.17

    Vocabulary

    Rhythm
    • Bar lines
    • Measures
      • Melody
        • Pitch set: Low So, Low La, High Do
        • Treble clef reading (Mi, Re, Do)
        • Middle C to high G
        • Ledger lines
        Harmony
        • Partner songs
        • Rounds
        • Ostinati
        Form
        • Theme and variations
        • Coda
        • D.S. al coda
        • Repeat sign
        • Fermata
        Expression
        • Phrase/ phrasing
        • Pianissimo (pp), fortissimo (ff)
        Other
        • Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
        • Orchestral instruments: 4 families
        • Age-appropriate pitch matching (Bb3 - Eb5)

    Essential Questions

    EU: Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.
    EQ: How does understanding the structure and context of music inform a response?

    Skills Examples

    Performing
    • Using movement, manipulatives, or visual representation, demonstrate and describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as different sections, selected orchestral, band, folk, or ethnic instruments).
    Creating
    • Express melodic contour through movement.
    Reading/ Writing
    • When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.
    • Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.
    Responding/ Evaluating
    • Identify and respond to simple music forms (e.g., AB, ABA).
    • Identify elements of music using appropriate vocabulary.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
    Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 3 - Music

    AE17.MU.3.19

    Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, and describe appropriateness to the context.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:AE17.MU.3.19

    Vocabulary

    Rhythm
    • Bar lines
    • Measures
      • Melody
        • Pitch set: Low So, Low La, High Do
        • Treble clef reading (Mi, Re, Do)
        • Middle C to high G
        • Ledger lines
        Harmony
        • Partner songs
        • Rounds
        • Ostinati
        Form
        • Theme and variations
        • Coda
        • D.S. al coda
        • Repeat sign
        • Fermata
        Expression
        • Phrase/ phrasing
        • Pianissimo (pp), fortissimo (ff)
        Other
        • Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
        • Orchestral instruments: 4 families
        • Age-appropriate pitch matching (Bb3 - Eb5)

    Essential Questions

    EU: The personal evaluation of musical works and performances is informed by analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
    EQ: How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?

    Skills Examples

    Performing
    • Using movement, manipulatives, or visual representation, demonstrate and describe how specific music concepts are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as different sections, selected orchestral, band, folk, or ethnic instruments).
    Creating
    • Express melodic contour through movement.
    Reading/ Writing
    • When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.
    • Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.
    Responding/ Evaluating
    • Identify and respond to simple music forms (e.g., AB, ABA).
    • Identify elements of music using appropriate vocabulary.

    Anchor Standards

    Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
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    Resource Provider

    Cleveland Orchestra
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