AE17.MU.K.4

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

AE17.MU.K.4
Organize personal musical ideas using iconic notation and/or recording technology, with guidance.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Musicians' creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.
EQ: How do musicians make creative decisions?

Skills Examples

Performing

Chant, move, play, and sing grade level skills.
Echo simple rhythmic patterns.
Echo a three-pitch melodic pattern using the correct syllables and hand signs.

Creating

Perform an improvised rhythmic pattern within a framework of four beats.
Perform an improvised melodic pattern on a pitched percussion instrument set to the pentatonic scale within a framework of four beats.
Improvise short songs and instrumental pieces using a variety of sound sources, including traditional or classroom sounds, body percussion, and sounds produced by electronic means.
Explore musical sources freely using found sounds, electronic sounds, or sounds from voice or instruments found in classroom, remembering to use sound and silence.

Reading/ Writing

Create a visual representation of sound.

Responding/ Evaluating

Respond to a musical call or question with an age- appropriate musical answer.
Evaluate peer performance to determine steady beat/no steady beat.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Steady beat
Long/ Short
One and two sounds per beat
Silent beat

Melody

High and low
Pitch set: So, Mi
Musical alphabet

Harmony

Accompaniment/ no accompaniment

Form

Like and unlike phrases
Echo

Expression

Speak, sing, shout, whisper
Solo/ Group
Unpitched percussion
Flute, trumpet, violin, piano
Loud/ Soft
Fast/ Slow

Other

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Aligned Learning Resources

Exploring Long and Short Rhythmic Patterns Through Movement and Composition

Creating AB Patterns

Design by Adaptive Theme