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

AE17.MU.CT.P.8

Analyze how the elements of music (including form) of selected works relate to style and mood, and explain the implications for rehearsal or performance.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Analyzing creators' context and how they manipulate elements of music provides insight into their intent and informs performance.
EQ: How does understanding the structure and context of musical works inform performance?

Skills Examples

Performing
  • Select specific passages, sections, or movements in musical works that express personal experiences, moods, or visual images.
  • Develop interpretations of musical works based on an understanding of the elements of music, style, mood, function, and context.
Creating
  • Write a simple melody following basic chord structures.
  • Describe and demonstrate how sounds or musical ideas can be used to represent and express visual images, concepts, texts, or storylines through composing and arranging.
Reading/ Writing
  • Write a simple melody following basic chord structures using 4-part harmony utilizing major and minor key centers
Responding/ Evaluating
  • Analyze the elements of music from written and aural examples relating them to style, mood, and context.
  • Describe how the analysis provides models for personal growth as composer, performer, and/or listener.

Vocabulary

Rhythm
  • Simple meter
  • Compound meter
Melody
  • Contour
  • Conjunct/ disjunct
Harmony
  • Major/ minor
  • Monophonic
  • Polyphonic
Form
  • Call and response
  • Round
  • Canon
  • Binary form (AB)
  • Ternary form (ABA)
Expression
  • Dynamics
  • Tempo markings
  • Phrase
Other
  • Key signatures
  • Treble or bass clef (dependent on student voicing/ instrument)
  • Rhythmic dictation

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
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