AE17.MU.HI.AD.1

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

AE17.MU.HI.AD.1

Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for a collection of compositions (representing a variety of forms and styles), improvisations in several different styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: The creative ideas, concepts, and feelings that influence musicians' work emerge from a variety of sources.
EQ: How do musicians generate creative ideas?

Skills Examples

Performing

Guitar: Perform two contrasting solo pieces equivalent to repertoire found in Levels Six through Eight of the Guitar Studies and Repertoire Album (Royal Conservatory-Frederick Harris Publications).
Perform two octave major and minor scales in all keys.
Piano: Perform two to three pieces in contrasting styles (level comparable to Magrath Masterwork Classics Levels 6-10, American Popular Piano Repertoire Books 6-8, etc.).
Piano: appropriate level scales and arpeggiated chords (comparable to AMTA requirements to Level II or III, by age level, on p. 12 and 13.
http://www.almta.org/AMTA_Member_Handbook.pdf

Creating

Compose a sixteen-measure piece in the style of a designated period or composer.

Reading/ Writing

Guitar: Identify all notes on the fingerboard by note name and its corresponding note placement on the staff. Recite vertically on fingerboard going string to string one fret at a time. Ex. Fret One: String 1-F-5th line of staff, String 2-C-3rd space, String 3, G#, Ab- 3rd line, 2nd space, String 4, D-first space below, String 5, A-2nd ledger line below, String 6, E-4th space below. Repeat for all twelve frets up to the octave.

Vocabulary

Rhythm

Meter (non-metered)
Notes and Rests (irregular divisions, i.e., 5 or 7 notes per beat)
Other (3 against 4)

Melody

Scales (symmetrical, exotic)
Melodic Figures (nonharmonic tones)

Harmony

Triads (diatonic triad qualities in minor keys: i ii^o III+ iv V VI vii^o)
Seventh Chords (diatonic 7th chord qualities in major keys: IM⁷ iim⁷ iiim⁷ IVM⁷ V⁷ vim⁷ viim^7-5)
Function (modulation, pivot chords, borrowed chords)
Non-Tertian harmony
Figured bass

Form

Forms (fugue, concerto, scherzo, divertimento, etude, prelude)
Texture (hetereophonic, mixed textures)

Expression

Performance practice conventions in various periods/styles (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Pop/ Jazz/ World)

Other

Playing techniques/ practice techniques
Scales and Arpeggios
I-IV-V7-I/i-iv-V7-i cadences
Cadences/ chord progressions/ improvisation in Popular/ Rock/ Jazz style(s)
Improvisation with non-tertian harmony
Sight-Reading
Ensemble Playing
Repertoire, representative of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, and Popular/ Rock/ Jazz/ World periods/ styles, memorized and performed

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

AE17.MU.HI.AD.1 Generate melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic ideas for a collection of compositions (representing a variety of forms and styles), improvisations in several different styles, and stylistically appropriate harmonizations for given melodies.