AE17.MU.1.15

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 1 - Music

AE17.MU.1.15
Identify and demonstrate how personal interests and experiences influence musical selection for specific purposes.

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

Select appropriate music for specific events such as school festivals, community events, and class or grade level performances.

Creating

Create a rhythmic ostinato that reflects the style of the music performed (ex: finger cymbals/lullaby).

Reading/ Writing

Identify repeated rhythmic passages in music and notate using iconic notation (ex: rhythm of repeated melodic phrase in "In the Hall of the Mountain King").

Responding/ Evaluating

Aurally identify clarinet, trombone, and cello in the context of an ensemble performance.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Quarter note, quarter rest, paired eighth notes
Strong/ weak beat
Steady beat/ rhythm
Allegro/ adagio

Melody

Pitch set: Mi, So, La
Steps/ skips/ repeated notes
Melodic direction
Modified staff
Line notes and space notes

Harmony/texture

Rhythmic ostinati
Simple bordun

Form

AB, ABA

Expression

Legato, staccato
Piano (p), forte (f)
Classroom instrument classifications
Clarinet, trombone, cello, drum
Orchestral music: ballet
Non-Western music celebrations

Other

Proper singing posture
Age-appropriate pitch matching (C4 - C5)¹
Mallet/ drumming technique — hands together

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work.