AE17.MU.3.2

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 3 - Music

AE17.MU.3.2
Generate musical ideas (such as rhythms and melodies) within a given tonality and/or 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

Play a variety of classroom instruments with proper technique.
Use the head voice to produce a light, clear sound employing breath support and maintaining appropriate posture.

Creating

Use pitch and rhythm to improvise vocal, instrumental, and/or movement ideas within a context (such as question and answer phrases or simple accompaniment/ostinato).

Reading/ Writing

Use iconic or standard notation and/or recording technology to sequence and document personal musical ideas.

Responding/ Evaluating

Demonstrate a final version of personal musical ideas using created vocal, instrumental, or movement pieces through performance.
Develop criteria to critique and refine selected musical examples.