AE17.MU.HI.N.3

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

AE17.MU.HI.N.3
Apply teacher-provided criteria to critique, improve, and refine drafts of simple melodies (such as two-phrase) and chordal accompaniments for given melodies.

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

Performing

Perform two to three pieces in contrasting styles (level comparable to Hal Leonard Piano Lessons Book A and B, Magrath Masterwork Classics Levels 1-2, American Popular Piano Repertoire Books 1 and 2, etc.).
Guitar: Perform solo, accompanied, or in ensemble.
Piano: appropriate level scales and arpeggiated chords (comparable to AMTA requirements to Level I, by age level, on p. 11
http://www.almta.org/AMTA_Member_Handbook.pdf.

Creating

Compose a simple melody of at least eight measures.
Harmonize the melody using primary chords I IV V or V7 and/or vi.

Reading/ Writing

Notate a simple self-composed melody using notational software.
Sight read an appropriate piece selected by the teacher.

Responding/ Evaluating

Analyze and grade various performances (other students in class, YouTube videos, a video of your own performance, etc.) using a rubric.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Beat (steady beat, rit., accel., fermata)
Meter (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, barline, pickup measure)
Notes and rests (quarter, half, dotted half, whole)
Tempo (metronome markings = beats per minute; basic Italian and English terms, e.g., slow, fast, allegro, andante, largo)
Other (ties)

Melody

Scales (pentatonic, major, natural minor)
Intervals (half step, whole step; second, third, fourth, fifth, octave)
Staff notation (treble and bass clefs, grand staff, lines, spaces, ledger lines, treble G, bass F, sharps, flats, key signatures)
Melodic figures (step/leap, arpeggio, phrase)

Harmony

Intervals (half step, whole step; second, third, fourth, fifth, octave; also, M3, m3)
Triads (root, third, fifth; major and minor qualities)
Function (tonic, dominant)
I-IV-V7-I cadences

Form

Form (phrase, ostinato)
Texture (melody, bassline, accompaniment)
Notation (phrase mark, double bar, repeat sign)

Expression

Dynamics (soft/loud, p, mf, f)
Articulation (staccato, legato)

Other

Historical significance of instrument
Posture, hand position, finger numbers, basic playing techniques

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.