AE17.MU.4.CN.A

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

AE17.MU.4.CN.A
Connecting standards 1 and 2 are to be embedded while teaching the Creating, Performing, and Responding standards. See page 86.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Musicians connect their personal interests, experiences, ideas, and knowledge to creating, performing, and responding.
EQ: How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing, and responding?

Skills Examples

Performing

Sing, move and respond to music from a variety of sources and cultures.
Demonstrate appropriate audience and performer etiquette at live performances.

Creating

Interpret a selected musical work using dance, drama or visual art.
Develop criteria and use them to critique their own performances and the performances of others.

Reading/ Writing

When analyzing selected music, read and perform using standard notation with voice, body percussion, and/or instruments.
Use notation and/or recording technology to document personal musical ideas (such as grade-appropriate rhythm/melodic pattern, simple harmonies, introduction, coda, interlude, etc.).

Responding/ Evaluating

Demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music (such as identifying pieces of music that are important to one's family or how music is used in daily life).
Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and/or daily life (such as the connection between fractions and rhythm values).

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 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.