AE17.MU.HI.I.2

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

EU: Musicians' creative choices are influenced by their expertise, context, and expressive intent.
EQ: How do musicians make creative decisions?

Performing

Piano: Perform three or four pieces in contrasting styles (level comparable to Hal Leonard Piano Lessons Book C and D, Magrath Masterwork Classics Levels 3 and 4, American Popular Piano Repertoire Books 3 and 4, etc.).
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
Guitar: perform two contrasting solo pieces in first-second position.
Equivalent to repertoire found in Levels "Introductory" through Level Two of the Guitar Studies and Repertoire Album (Royal Conservatory-Frederick Harris Publications).
Guitar: demonstrate accompaniment to a folk song using principal chords, I, IV, V or V7 and demonstrate two contrasting strum patterns (i.e., D DuDuDu, or syncopated strum D, Du, u Du (D=down, U=Up strum).

Creating

Define musical terms and tempo markings (i.e., Andante, Moderato, Allegro).
Identify historical periods within music, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century, and identify two significant composers from each period.

Reading/ Writing

Identify key signatures for major keys, C, G, D, A, E, F, Bb, Eb.
Compose a melody and harmonize it using chords, I, IV, V, vi.
Determine if a piece is in a major of minor key based on the key signature, melody and harmony.

Responding/ Evaluating

Critique music performance based on interpretation, stylistic accuracy, attention to dynamics and phrasing, and overall execution.
Discuss the differences between classical music and popular music and how the differences have evolved over time.

Rhythm

Melody

Harmony

Form

Expression

Other

Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.