AE17.MU.3.11

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

AE17.MU.3.11
Demonstrate and describe how intent is conveyed through expressive qualities (such as dynamics and tempo).

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Performers make interpretive decisions based on their understanding of context and expressive intent
EQ: How do performers interpret musical works?

Skills Examples

Performing

Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm and pitch and expressive qualities individually and with others.
Sing, move and respond to music from diverse cultures.
Sing, move and respond to age-appropriate music of various composers.
Play a variety of classroom instruments with proper technique.

Creating

Improvise and compose short compositions using a variety of classroom instruments and sound sources.
Create new words for familiar songs.

Reading/ Writing

Read, write and perform using two-eighth through whole note values including rhythms in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter.
Read, write and perform extended pentatonic melodies.

Responding/ Evaluating

Use the head voice to produce a light, clear sound employing breath support and maintaining appropriate posture.
Develop criteria and use it to critique their own performances and the performances of others.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Bar lines
Measures

Melody

Pitch set: Low So, Low La, High Do
Treble clef reading (Mi, Re, Do)
Middle C to high G
Ledger lines

Harmony

Partner songs
Rounds
Ostinati

Form

Theme and variations
Coda
D.S. al coda
Repeat sign
Fermata

Expression

Phrase/ phrasing
Pianissimo (pp), fortissimo (ff)

Other

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Orchestral instruments: 4 families
Age-appropriate pitch matching (Bb3 - Eb5)

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

COS Examples

Example: Experiment with dynamics and articulation and discuss how they change the impact of a piece.

Aligned Learning Resources

The Music of Oceans

Leaves in the Key of Autumn