AE17.MU.4.11

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 4 - Music

AE17.MU.4.11
Demonstrate and explain how intent is conveyed through interpretive decisions and expressive qualities.

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, move and respond to music from world cultures and different composers.
Sing a varied repertoire with accurate rhythm, pitch and expressive qualities individually and with others.

Creating

With limited guidance, Improvise and compose short compositions using a variety of classroom instruments and sound sources.

Reading/ Writing

Read, write and perform using rhythm patterns that include syncopated rhythms, in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 meter.

Responding/ Evaluating

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

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Conducting patterns in
Syncopation

Melody

Pitch set: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, Ti
Treble clef reading (La, So, Mi, Re, Do)
Middle C through High B
Create melodic sequences
Half-step
Whole step

Harmony

Canons
Chord components
Chord progression (I, V)
Crossover bordun

Form

Phrasing: antecedent and consequent
D.C. al coda
Fine

Expression

pp through ff

Other

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Orchestra instruments within the 4 families
Age-appropriate pitch matching (A3-E5)

Anchor Standards

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

COS Examples

Example: Experiment with instrumentation to explore the impact on a known piece.

Aligned Learning Resources

Listening for Contrasts in Genre

Theme and Variation