AE17.MU.TEE.AC.5

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

AE17.MU.TEE.AC.5

Share personally-developed arrangements, sections, and short compositions, individually or as an ensemble, that address identified purposes.

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Essential Questions

EU: Musicians' presentation of creative work is the culmination of a process of creation and communication.
EQ: When is creative work ready to share?

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.
  • strings, percussion).
  • 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
Melody
  • Double Flat
  • Double Sharp
  • Relative Minor
  • Pure Minor
  • Natural Minor
Harmony
  • Monophony
  • Polyphony
  • Homophony
  • Tonic
  • Dominant
Form
  • Tonic
  • Dominant
  • Subdominant
  • Cadence
  • Imitation
  • Counterpoint
  • Rondo

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
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