AE17.MU.2.3

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

AE17.MU.2.3
Demonstrate and explain personal reasons for selecting patterns and ideas for music that represent expressive intent.

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

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

Refine compositions based on self-evaluation of a recorded performance.
Indicate dynamic markings for original compositions.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Eighth note, eighth rest, half note, half rest, whole note, whole rest
Strong/ weak beat — 2/4; 3/4 meter
Accelerando/ ritardando

Melody

Pitch Set: Do , Re, Mi, So, La
Five-line staff
Treble clef
Names of lines/ spaces (treble staff)

Harmony

Melodic ostinati
Partner songs

Form

AAB, AABA, Rondo
Verse/ Refrain

Expression

Orchestral instrument families
Piano (p), forte (f)
Crescendo/ decrescendo
Orchestral Music: programmatic
Indigenous music: Native American
American music: slave songs, colonial folk songs

Other

Age-appropriate pitch matching (B3-D5)¹
Mallet/ drumming technique: alternating hands

Anchor Standards

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Navajo Weaving

Design by Adaptive Theme