AE17.MU.2.16

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

AE17.MU.2.16
Demonstrate and describe how a response to music can be informed by its structure, the use of the elements of music, and context (such as personal and social).

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Response to music is informed by analyzing context (social, cultural, and historical) and how creators and performers manipulate the elements of music.
EQ: How does understanding the structure and context of music inform a response?

Skills Examples

Performing

Demonstrate understanding of musical intent when performing, through attention to expressive markings.

Creating

Demonstrate understanding of cultural authenticity by performing music with appropriate stylistic expression

Reading/ Writing

Identify repeat signs and multiple verses in a verse/refrain song

Responding/ Evaluating

Explain musical decisions that contribute to the expressive intent of the music.
Describe the context of lyrics in a verse/refrain song.

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 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

COS Examples

Example: Compare and contrast typical responses to a lullaby and a march.

Aligned Learning Resources

Call and Response from San Francisco Symphony

Cultural Connections

Second Graders Take 5!