Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 06-12 - Music

AE17.MU.T.AD.11

Select, describe and compare a variety of musical selections based on characteristics and knowledge of the music, understanding of digital and electronic aspects, and the purpose and context of the works.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.
EQ: How do individuals choose music to experience?

Skills Examples

Performing
  • Reproduce music literature from a variety of historical periods, styles and cultures and relate its characteristics to other disciplines in the arts.
  • Present an original work incorporating advanced digital techniques and effects. (ex. polyrhythm, dubbing, inversion, crossfade, etc.)
  • Effectively manage equalization and gain staging in a live music performance.
Creating
  • Employ technology and various digital tools to promote and distribute music.
  • Use various expressive and articulation markings, and/or manipulate note velocities and durations.
  • Using digital tools, create musical moods from visual images.
Reading/ Writing
  • Using accurate terminology, describe in detail the properties of sound and how they relate to music technology.
  • Discuss and analyze ways composers and performers elicit specific moods within music.
  • Define expressive intent and analyze its role in musical composition.
Responding/ Evaluating
  • Analyze and describe how digital tools are used in a given work to make it unique, interesting and expressive.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in solving the most common technical problems in music technology.
  • Research and discuss way music technology is used by various cultures in the US and internationally.

Vocabulary

Rhythm
  • Asymmetrical
  • Measure
  • Mixed Meter
  • Quantize
  • Polyrhythm
  • Symmetrical
  • Syncopation
  • Velocity
Melody
  • Audio Interface
  • Effects
  • Envelope
  • Gain/ Gain Staging
  • Sound Wave
  • Inversion/ Retrograde
  • Key Signature (Major, Minor, Modal)
  • Monophonic
  • Motif
  • Theme
  • Tonality
  • Transpose
Harmony
  • Harmonic Progression
  • Harmonics (Overtones)
  • Homophony
  • Modulation
  • Part Writing
  • Polyphony
  • Suspension
Form
  • Binary (AB)
  • Cadenza
  • Dubbing/ Overdub
  • Head (Jazz Reference)
  • Improvised Solo
  • Mapping
  • Rondo
  • Strophic
  • Style
  • Ternary (ABA)
Expression
  • Crossfade
  • Decibel (dB)
  • Portamento
  • Slurring
  • Velocity
Other
  • Clipping
  • College and Career Opportunities as a Music Technologist
  • Copyright/ Intellectual Property Rights
  • Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
  • Digital Citizenship
  • Directional
  • Effect(s)
  • Master Tracks (Tempo, Audio)
  • Omnidirectional
  • Roll of Music Technology in 20th and 21st Century Music Styles (Classical genres, popular genres, etc.)
  • Room (wet, dry, live, etc.)
  • Transcribe/ Transcription
  • Virtual Instruments
  • Waveform manipulation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.
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