AE17.MU.4.16

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

AE17.MU.4.16
Demonstrate and explain how selected music connects to and is influenced by specific interests, experiences, purposes, or contexts.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Individuals' selection of musical works is influenced by their interests, experiences, understandings, and purposes.
EQ: How do individuals choose music to experience?

Skills Examples

Performing

Demonstrate and explain how specific music concepts (such as form, timbre, etc.) are used to support a specific purpose in music (such as social and cultural contexts) through various means (such as manipulatives, movement, and/or pictorial representation).

Creating

Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.

Reading/ Writing

Evaluate musical works and performances, applying established criteria, citing evidence from the elements of music.
When analyzing selected music, read and perform rhythmic patterns and/or melodic phrases with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments, using iconic or standard notation.

Responding/ Evaluating

Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of music applied to a listening example using teacher-given vocabulary (such as different sections of complex forms, teacher-selected orchestral instruments, etc.).
Explain how the elements and subject matter of music connect with disciplines outside the arts.