AE17.MU.2.2

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 2 - Music

AE17.MU.2.2
Generate musical patterns and ideas within the context of a given tonality and meter.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians' work emerge from a variety of sources.
EQ: How do musicians generate creative ideas?

Skills Examples

Performing

Perform original melodic patterns in do pentatonic as an introduction to a known song.
Perform original rhythmic patterns on body percussion or unpitched percussion, containing eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest, as an introduction to a known chant.

Creating

Create a melody on pitched instruments using speech rhythms from a selected poem.
Improvise with a partner in question/answer style, using pitched or unpitched percussion instruments.

Reading/ Writing

Notate speech rhythms from a selected poem, using iconic or standard notation.
Using music composition software, create an original composition based on a personally selected topic.

Responding/ Evaluating