AE17.MU.5.CN.A

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 5 - Music

AE17.MU.5.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

Choose appropriate music for performance based on context and personal preference.

Creating

Compose music for a specific event/holiday, such as an honors program or patriotic celebration.

Reading/ Writing

Using notation software such as Finale, notate musical compositions that relate to a specific event/holiday.

Responding/ Evaluating

Identify eras of music such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Twentieth Century, and contemporary music, and connect them with events in World History.
Describe how the process of learning in music connects to learning in other arts and other subject areas.
Defend interpretations of music via dance, drama and visual art using appropriate vocabulary.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Melody

Pitch set: Do-centered diatonic
Treble clef reading (choral octavos)
Grand staff
Bass clef
Accidentals
Major scale

Harmony

Part singing/ playing
Chord progression (I, IV, V)
Arpeggio
Descant
Level bordun

Form

Rondo form
12-Bar blues

Expression

Vibrato
Tremolo
Reggae
Blues
Timbre: soprano, alto, tenor, bass

Other

Age-appropriate audience and performer etiquette
Age-appropriate pitch matching (Ab3-F5)

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences.