AE17.MU.TEE.AC.4

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 06-12 - Music

AE17.MU.TEE.AC.4
Evaluate and refine draft arrangements, sections, short compositions, and improvisations based on personally-developed criteria, including the extent to which they address identified purposes.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Musicians evaluate, and refine their work through openness to new ideas, persistence, and the application of appropriate criteria.
EQ: How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?

Skills Examples

Choral
Performing

Perform music in a manner that is appropriate to the context of its culture of origin.
Publicly present music in a manner that is consistent with the culture of its origin or inspiration.

Creating

Improvise melodies representative of distinct cultures studied in rehearsal.
Adapt pre-existing music to the styles of various cultures studied in rehearsal.

Reading/ Writing

Create and share 16-32 measure three- and four-part rhythmic and melodic exercises using standard notation within teacher-provided guidelines.
Create and share rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic exercises representative of distinct cultural styles studied in rehearsal.

Responding/ Evaluating

Identify cultural influences in notated music.
Discuss the origins or reasoning behind cultural composition or performance practices.
Evaluate the cultural authenticity of commercially published music.

Instrumental
Performing

Clap, speak on neutral syllables, count aloud, and play on instruments given rhythmic patterns in 5/4, 6/4, 3/8, 9/8, and 12/8 meters.
Play all major scales and arpeggios (winds, strings, percussion).
Play pure minor scales and arpeggios (winds.
Demonstrate a combination of mature tone, good pitch center, and proper balance when performing as a member of a group.
Play alone and with others, music graded 3.5 to 4 and medium advanced.

Creating

Given an accompaniment, compose melodic lines up to 16 measures in length within given parameters using standard music notation.
Improvise rhythmic and melodic patterns up to 16 measures in length within given parameters.

Reading/ Writing

Read given rhythmic and melodic notation in 5/4, 6/4, 3/8, 9/8, and 12/8 meters.
Demonstrate the construction of a natural minor scale using the whole step-half step pattern.

Responding/ Evaluating

Listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate a variety of live and recorded music performed by self, peers, instructors, and professional soloists and ensembles with respect to tone, intonation, balance, technique, interpretation, musical effect, and stage deportment.
Describe ways in which concepts of music relate to concepts in other disciplines.

Vocabulary

Choral
Rhythm

Mixed meter
Syncopation

Melody

Full chromatic scale
Modal melodies
Minor scale

Harmony

Chromatic mediant and submediant chords
Counter melodies
Harmonic sequences

Form

Various cultural forms

Expression

Various culture-specific expressive techniques (ululation, overtone singing, etc.)
Creative intent
Stylistic characteristics
Facial expression
Historical context
Cultural context
Artistic delivery

Instrumental
Rhythm

5/4
6/4
3/8
9/8
12/8
Largo
Grave
Vivace
Presto